Major pc problem!!!!

[sabre2th]

a common fault on some Toshiba equiums is they blow chargers ,and there's no known fix ,however i have a theory ,when user replace charges they always buy 19 volt and equiums use 15V

yeah that could be true but I think its because its old that its all worn out, litterally everything about it is old or worn, battery life is a couple of minutes , graphics card is nvidia fx 5200 which is really old, screen backlight is damaged, hard drive is almost full , ram is 512mb which is crap compared to the 4gbs of today . I have had it 5 or 6 years and it was alright for 4 but after that I noticed it was wearing out slightly and now it is at this stage... btw I have taken the battery out of the laptop now and will turn it on from ac power to see what happens

---------- Post added 06-09-2010 at 06:14 PM ---------- Previous post was 06-08-2010 at 09:11 PM ----------

Ok I booted it with no battery on ac power but still the same thing happens, what other things did you suggest tangomouse?

[tangomouse]

try reseating the ram or swap it for known good ram ,do u get any power leds?

[sabre2th]

Yes i do get power, the light turns on and the ac light is also on... how should i "reseat" the ram, do i just turn it around or something lol?

[tangomouse]

reseat ram ,you cannot turn it round ,have u hooked up a external monitor to the lappy? screen could of gone

[sabre2th]

oh ye , basically my laptop backlight is broke so i have always since last year used an external moniter . There are no LEDs apart from the power and ac ( if its plugged in) , where usually the hard drive light would be on aswell. Also, if i switch the wifi on the led for wifi is on ... could this be harddrive related? I dont know

[tangomouse]

yes ,if you have something on screen ,if screen stays blank the its ether mobo ,cpu or ram

my 1000 post!!

[sabre2th]

yes ,if you have something on screen ,if screen stays blank the its ether mobo ,cpu or ram

my 1000 post!!

Thanks I will try all of your advise and also search around more, now that I have more of an idea as to what the problem actually is and what it is caused by...

Congratulations also on your 1000th post : enjoy being a star !! oh wait you already are ...