I agree, it sound like a battery problem, but if you have a monitor that you can hook up to the vga port, and then try to turn it on, that may give you some idea if anything is really starting up.
Glen Sagers

Hans Saul wrote:

> hi list,i need some help,i have a toshiba t3100sx laptop that i cant get to work.the dc line in light is on,then when i hit the power switch the hd and all the other lites flash for a second and thats it,nothing shows up on the screen.
> Is there a special button to boot it up?i have no manual for it and the owner says he has never got it to do anything since he got it?
> anything i can do to get it to go?where can i get a manual for it?
> thanks in advance ,,,Hans Saul
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