P
Peter Allen
- Jan 1, 1970
- 0
Hi
I have a Toshiba Satellite 1000 laptop which was plugged into the wall
(battery-in) all day yesterday which has been its usual behaviour for
the past few months. I restarted it thru Windows XP's shutdown menu,
left the room to get a drink, and upon my return it was off.
Since then I've not been able to turn it on. No LEDs on the laptop
itself ever come on, although they do flash very quickly (you really
have to look to see it) when I plug the power cord into the laptop.
I've tried taking the battery out and plugging the laptop into the
wall, holding the button down for ages, etc. It's not simply
hibernating/asleep.
It uses a 3.16A 19V DC power supply, the strangest thing i've noticed
is when the power adapter is plugged into the laptop, from that same
area on the laptop i can hear a quiet high pitched fluttering sound,
like a little bird is in there. Also, there's an LED on the power
brick which is on while the brick is plugged into the wall but turns
off once the other end is plugged into the laptop -- I'm not sure if
that's normal. Also, I've never plugged the wrong power brick into it,
so that's not the problem.
I'd basically like to know what I should try with this laptop, as it's
out of warranty and I'm probably going to have to fix it myself. To me
it doesn't sound like it's the power brick that needs replacing, it
sounds more like an internal component, or (hopefully) a fuse
somewhere?
but then again I wouldn't be posting here if I knew what I was talking
about
If anyone can point me in the right direction, I'd be extremely
appreciative.
--Pete
I have a Toshiba Satellite 1000 laptop which was plugged into the wall
(battery-in) all day yesterday which has been its usual behaviour for
the past few months. I restarted it thru Windows XP's shutdown menu,
left the room to get a drink, and upon my return it was off.
Since then I've not been able to turn it on. No LEDs on the laptop
itself ever come on, although they do flash very quickly (you really
have to look to see it) when I plug the power cord into the laptop.
I've tried taking the battery out and plugging the laptop into the
wall, holding the button down for ages, etc. It's not simply
hibernating/asleep.
It uses a 3.16A 19V DC power supply, the strangest thing i've noticed
is when the power adapter is plugged into the laptop, from that same
area on the laptop i can hear a quiet high pitched fluttering sound,
like a little bird is in there. Also, there's an LED on the power
brick which is on while the brick is plugged into the wall but turns
off once the other end is plugged into the laptop -- I'm not sure if
that's normal. Also, I've never plugged the wrong power brick into it,
so that's not the problem.
I'd basically like to know what I should try with this laptop, as it's
out of warranty and I'm probably going to have to fix it myself. To me
it doesn't sound like it's the power brick that needs replacing, it
sounds more like an internal component, or (hopefully) a fuse
somewhere?
but then again I wouldn't be posting here if I knew what I was talking
about
If anyone can point me in the right direction, I'd be extremely
appreciative.
--Pete