My Portege 3480CT died

Heyho,

I have a big problem. My Toshiba laptop is not so new (and my English is not so good so :), I loved (Portege 3480 T)! Until he died. I was surfing, plug in the AC adapter and all at once the laptop shut down one I myself pucker my face and was almost sick. So far, it does not power on and the only response I see is the AC - orange LED flashes as follows:

short-long-short-short-long-short-long-short then suspended for 3 seconds and the flush has begun again.

But nothing else.
Because it´s long to make sure that the warranty is over, I opened the box and I tried different things like shorting the BIOS by reversing the polarity of the battery of the BIOS, unplug the HARD drive and by disabling the cpu cooler. (For some of you who want to blame me now to do such things: my dad has a computer store and I helped him many times before, so it's not my first time open a computer or a laptop case computer...) I think Wouldna´t and also not able, which Ia´m quiet his more with my boyfriend so I ask you to help me.

Anyone know the secret of the LED code? Or pherhaps he Isna´t a code, but the flush water-sequence repeats (Ah another thing.) This rinse sequence begun only after the Power-on button; Seized the AC LED is shining green (as it normally does).

My suggestion is that the CPU is overheating and broken-if it's funny I can throw the laptop, because the cpu is fixed. :( Too bad...

Thanx for help

Simon

Hey Buddy,

I read your ad and I know what you mean. These machines were the top cream (in the past), and I understand this you´re suffering now because your small quiet Companion is much quieter that you expect. ;)

So, there are two options:

1. try to replace the adapter sector, because this error can be caused from your ca.

2. in the case of failure, then you have the other option, replace the motherboard (or throw him in the trash), because then you have a very big problem with your motherboard.

I had a similar machine a few years ago, and I loved this computer until I got the SAME error as yours. Just repair mentioned after the diagnosis that the exchange of the CCP will cost so much and blablabla.

I have therefore been funereally about the R.I.P. my beautiful and quiet (!) machine, but now a portege 2000 is in service. :)

And it works...

Hope I could you help

Dennis

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