White screen on Satellite M40-129 with no BIOS access

OK, I really tried a lot of things to find out what it may be.
When I start the laptop it seems to start, but the rest black screen (AC + Power lights up, but no disk HARD-light).
I tried several times, even with ESC + on and F2 + now and 50 only once I could see the splash screen.
He was there for several minutes and nothing happened. So I decided to try it again... and Im yet to try.

Support told me there is a problem with the bios, but since I can't access what it is, I can't update the bios.
I tried with an external monitor, with or without battery, with and without the HARD drive (bios must be accessible without).
Always with the same result.
And as these things always happen after the expiration of the warranty.

The hardware seems to work (ok once a lot) and for strange behavior, I wonder if anyone had a similar experience or has a tip for me.

One of my friends has Satellite M40 and it's very nice for laptop. If possible try to connect your laptop to external monitor and just turn it on. It will be interesting to know if it works or not. If so, I assume that the display is faulty.

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