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black screen w/cursor blinking,toshiba sat.A40

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Old 03-03-2007
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black screen w/cursor blinking,toshiba sat.A40

when i power up, the toshiba logo comes on the screen, then black screen w cursor. the only action that makes a difference is ctrl,alt,del, and back to the same prob.please help?, thanks mike
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Old 03-04-2007
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1/ Does the HDD make a clicking noise. Hold the laptop up near your ear. If you here a clicking sound the HDD is hosed. You'll need to replace it.

2/ Next remove the battery.. Then try booting it up with out it.. If that works then the battery is bad and needs to be replaced.

3/ Go into the BIOS and change the order of boot, too CD-Rom, HDD, USB, Network.
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Old 03-04-2007
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thanks, the hd is clicking, i'll try another one.
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