Toshiba Portege r200 was working normal (up until yesterday). Today, when I first turned it on, the fan was on and it sounded full blast, but screen remained dark (blank). I held power button until it shut off. Thereafter, when I re-attempt to startup laptop, blue light comes one, but screen remains 'blank' and laptop appears to remain with no attempt to even turn on. Any advice?

Usted no esta solo! Un usuario dice "tuve que llamar al servicio al cliente de escritorio de ayuda, ya que tomo un tiempo para establecer no tan sencillo '
Se 'suspendio' pero puede conseguir obtener el apoyo de:
http://www.toshiba.co.uk/discontinued-products/portege-r200-110/

You are not alone! One user says ' had to call the customer service help desk because it took a while to set up not so straight forward'
It is 'discontinued' but you may get get support from:
http://www.toshiba.co.uk/discontinued-products/portege-r200-110/

Hello Vanessa, thanks for your information; There are several factors that can incur this problem (I do not know which Operating System has your Laptop) I will send you some links and two videos may be helpful. 1)https://support.dynabook.com/support/navShell?cf=tcl_how_to_videos
2)https://support.dynabook.com/support/troubleshootSelfService?PRDTYPE=COMPUTERS

The heater resistor is probably faulty, its located near the blower fan

First, give the screen a good cleaning using a microfiber cloth. This may inadvertently remove the lines even though they are in the display.

If this doesn't work, you'll have to send the laptop back for repairs. Screens are not a component that can be replaced easily (such as RAM or a hard drive).

If your laptop is not under warranty, scope out some local computer shops that can replace the display for you. Make sure to ask them for a quote BEFORE they do work on your computer, otherwise they have the right to deny you your laptop, once they fix it, until you pay up (a possibly very nasty price).

change it
bay its new verson

Its problem two things. One, the fan on the heat sink or your hard drive. More than likely your hard drive.

You can download the Portege R200 User manual from the following Toshiba Support Link

http://support1.toshiba-tro.de/tedd-files2/0/userman-en-20090129080445.zip

Hi,
reboot, keep tapping F8 key, until you get to the system start up page ( black screen with writing )
the top offer is called
" last known good"
Choose this, let it roll, see how you do.

Or same reboot, keep tapping F8, til you get into start up menu, choose safe mode,
when it boots up, do a system restore,

start,all programmes,accessories, system tools,
system restore, choose the date it offers you,
Let it roll,
Should be good, if no hardware problems

Regards
Richard.

This is resolved by installing Intel Storage Manager drivers through "F6" option on XP Setup. YOU MUST HAVE AN EXTERNAL FLOPPY DISK (A Drive)...as the Portege doesn't come with one...and XP does not support USB or CD ROM for this particular function.

Hi there.
Yes some screens are interchangeable between laptops, the best way to find out is take the screen out and take note of the serial number behind the screen and the ribbon cable connectors to see how many pins they have (some laptop screens differ) if the serial numbers correspond and the cable fits then you should be good to go.

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