Equium L20-197 no longer works

Can I invite you for a little help on this one.

I received an Equium L20-197 that no longer works. Not having is not the chance to see never work I'm not sure on a number of things.

It is totally dead, with the power supply connected there is no sign of life, no power, light nothing.

I know there are a lot of things it could be.

This is should it lights up while there is no battery connected, only the power supply plugged in?

If she will be so at least I can pass a battery problem, yes the battery is perhaps still defective, but this would mean that the motherboard is probably us. If she must have a battery equipped, even a plate, then it could be the battery.

Just try to work through step-by-step.

Any help much appreciated.

Hi mate,

hehe, looks like a technician is here. :) It s a very good idea to do it step by step because every good techno acts like you. So I do, and it has helped me several times.

Regarding your question: the battery must not be connected to start the machine, so if the machine start-up even won´t just with connected AC then you can be sure that there is a serious hardware problem.

In this case, you can remove all (disk, CDROM, etc.) and try again. You can also share the adapter of the ca and the RAM. Thus, if the won´t still machine starts, then contact an ASP (Authorized Service Partner) and ask for a review of health/repair of equipment. It would be the last resort.

Here´s a link to find the nearest ASP in your country:

http://EU.computers.Toshiba-Europe.com/cgi-bin/ToshibaCSG/generic_content.jsp?service=EU&ID=ASP_SUPPORT

Greetings and good luck

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