my parents bought me a Toshiba Satelite M105-S3041 recently. my friend was using it one day and all of a sudden the screen just went white. and then it began to get fuzzy. none of the function worked so i turned off using the power button. I turned it on a couple days later and it's stilll doing the same thing. sometimes the pictures will show up, but only to get fuzzy again. It's weird i can't really explain what it looks like. but i don't know what could have caused it, i guard it with my life! no one has dropped it, no magnets, not that i know of at least, but it's rarely out of my sight. My little brother stepped on it once, but it was a while ago and an accident.
Im DESPERATE!!!! anyone think they can help???
2006-12-25 04:37:12 · 7 answers · asked by khleosangel6 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
any idea how much that'll cost????
2006-12-25 05:06:11 · update #1
It's either a ribbon cable that came loose, got bent, or the video chip on the motherboard is bad. The first two can be fixed for ~$150 or free under warranty. Bad motherboard will be replaced w/ new computer instead of serviced. Return to Toshiba for warranty service (1 year from purchase date).
2006-12-30 09:40:32 · answer #1 · answered by GAF 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had a Toshiba Satellite laptop once. I enjoyed it. Magnets do not affect an LCD screen. Normally an LCD screen, when damaged, lets the liquid crystal media drip around the matrix and it looks like an oil slick on wet black top. You'll have black and rainbow colors all over the damaged section but the other parts not damaged will still try to display an image. This sounds like the problem is either the video driver or the laptop built in video.
Try rebooting in safemode and see if you can reset the driver that way.
2007-01-01 06:41:35 · answer #2 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would think that this is the same thing that the post above me is. The screen and video card arent communicating properly. Send it to Toshiba and have them fix it. I personaly dont like Toshiba they are a very cheap company no offense. I like dells i would almost return it and order a dell. Stepping on it could of started it and opening and closing the screen could of made the wire loosen more and more until finaly it stopped working
2006-12-28 06:57:07 · answer #3 · answered by dadams1994 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like you have a bad connection between the video card and the screen, probably the ribbon cable in the hinge. If it's still under warranty, send it back to Toshiba to get it fixed.
2006-12-25 04:47:27 · answer #4 · answered by mom of 2 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Toshiba laptops have a built in fault with the screen. it can appear in 2 forms.
1: the back light dies.
2: the back light goes over bright.
sounds like yous is the second. and yes it is covered under warranty.
2007-01-02 02:04:21 · answer #5 · answered by ray c 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
on yet another laptop, burn the avg rescue disc, and boot off it on your tousled laptop. it incredibly is going to run an antivirus before the rest, with any luck doing away with the virus before it could start to execute. if this does not artwork, in simple terms format, reinstall your working gadget, and it will likely be good as new.
2016-10-06 00:14:25 · answer #6 · answered by kinjorski 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well hopefully your parents got the extended warrently! Call customer service.. If its still under warrantly, they have to replace it.
2006-12-25 05:08:09 · answer #7 · answered by just_acali_girl 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋