SATELLITE M45 W/ DEAD SCREEN

[pgar23]

Title pretty much sums up my problem, I am using a Toshiba Satellite M45, but the screen on the laptop isnt working for some reason. The laptop was my fathers and I dont know what went wrong with the screen. He just bough a new laptop instead of solving the problem, and I want to fix it and use the laptop.
Can anyone offer insight or point me to a thread or URL of assistance.
Thanks in advance. Appreciate any help.

 

[pgar23]

**Bump** Help please anyone.

 

[pgar23]

I connected the laptop to external monitor...
I'm getting some weird reactions from this laptop.
1.) First time I booted up viewing from external monitor I got an error message reading: Insufficient System Resources.....I couldnt read the rest because the laptop booted off by itself.

2.) Second time booting w/ external screen I got an error message reading: Not enough virtual memory or paging quota is available to complete the specified operation. So I had to force off.

3.) Next try booting w/ external monitor, I got the Toshiba boot up screen finally but it hangs on this screen. So I force off (BTW pressing power button will not turn off, I have to hold for it to turn off)

And so I thought I would just try this for the HELL OF IT, and so I pop in XP installation cd and the keyboard nor mouse work.

Wut is going on???

Can anyone offer some help?

 

[pgar23]

Oh great, Now I cant get the XP cd out of the drive...WTF?!?!?!

 

[pgar23]

I tried the laptop again. This time I got the cd out just by pushing the button, not w/ paperclip and emergency eject. Now I know the keyboard works because when I press the "Fn" key a light comes on, on the keyboard.

 

[pgar23]

So weird, I removed the battery and the LAPTOP screen worked, then after the windows boot screen a blue screen appeared and then the laptop restarted. Now the screen doesnt work again. But at least I know that works now too.

What is wrong?

 

[pgar23]

So weird, I removed the battery and the LAPTOP screen worked, then after the windows boot screen a blue screen appeared and then the laptop restarted. Now the screen doesnt work again. But at least I know that works now too.

What is wrong?
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[pgar23]

Ok. Got the screen to work, only had to take the laptop apart, disconnect video cable and other little wire with it. Then I tried to boot without them diconnected first, I guess it went fine. Next I reconnected video cable and other little wire. Now the screen works.

 

[pgar23]

Now i know the screen works, but after a while I tried turning on the laptop and now it wont even turn on, but the AC adapter power light is on, but the light turns off when I push the power button. Strange right?

I tried taking out battery and run from AC only. No go.
I tried reseating memory (BTW i have 2 sticks, tried multiple seating). No go.
I tried taking out the battery and AC, leave for five minutes. No go.
I tried doing what got the laptop working in the first place, with video canle and such. No go.
I'm running out of ideas here.

I NEED ASSISTANCE PLEASE!

 

[pgar23]

When I run the laptop (battery only), and I push the power button, it blinks the yellow light for a milisecond as I am pushing the power button.

 

[pgar23]

Feeling mighty stupid for having to say this, after disassembling the latop, I put hard drive in 1 pin wrong, after repositioning harddrive correctly, boots fine.