Satellite M45-S265 tries to start then dies

I have a M45-S265 and when I turn it on the light comes on (on the switch), the fan comes on then it just dies. I tried taking the battery out and it worked once then froze. Kept trying over a period of a week, same result, came back after a week, with the battery in and it started then froze again.
I have no idea if this could a faulty switch or what! The fact that it has frozen on the couple of occasions it actually has started has me confused!

Hi
Hmm. First of all check if you AC adaptor is ok and if its connected properly to the notebook. You should ensure that AC adaptor provides power to the notebook.
As next step you should check if its not a software issue. In such case you should try to boot from the Recovery disk.
If its not possible to reinstall the OS using such disk then a hardware problem could be possible.
In such case the RAM modules should be checked. Maybe one of the modules or both RAM modules are faulty and therefore the notebook does not run as it should.
Last but not least if you dont have enough resources to perform such notebook test then a notebook technician should be contacted.

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I neglected to mention that at the time of the hard disk failure I put a new hard disk inside too with the intention of using it as a back up to the External Hard Drive but I found it was easier in the end to get another external hard drive and now I use Time Machine to back up on to that 2nd external hard drive every few days.
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