Hi everyone, brand new to the forum, hoping I can get some help. My father has a Toshiba Satellite A505-S6960 laptop with Windows 7. It has been working great for 5 years, then last night he turned it on and it died and would not turn back on. Pushing the power button results in absolutely nothing happening. When you connect the power adapter there are no indicator lights telling that the computer is plugged in or the battery is charging or whatever. I'm sure that the battery doesn't hold a charge anymore so I believe it can only run on AC power.
First thing I suspected was the power jack, as I had an old Toshiba that the solder joint broke on and would not charge. Wiggling the cord does nothing, and I took the case apart to find it's one of the new style ones that plug into the motherboard. I tested the AC adapter and found it was putting out 19.5v, and also tested the connector and saw that 19.5v was getting to the motherboard. So the jack seems okay.
I also tried the trick I kept reading where you disconnect everything and hold down the power button but that did not work. Tried it for 30 seconds, 2 minutes, nothing.
I also went out and bought a new AC adapter just to rule it out, and had the same result. No dice.
When I have the computer apart, with the battery out and the AC adapter plugged in, I can see a very faint rapid pulse from an orange LED (looks like the battery indicator) at the front of the computer, accompanied by a ticking sort of noise. It sounds like an electrical sort of noise, like power building and dissipating. When I put the battery in the noise and light go away. When you push the power button, nothing happens at all.
I'm kind of at a loss here and leaning towards it being a faulty motherboard but don't want to condemn the laptop and have him buy a new one if it can be repaired. He loves the computer and doesn't want to have to buy a new one, but it's looking like he might have to.
Thank you for any help, it's greatly appreciated!
First thing I suspected was the power jack, as I had an old Toshiba that the solder joint broke on and would not charge. Wiggling the cord does nothing, and I took the case apart to find it's one of the new style ones that plug into the motherboard. I tested the AC adapter and found it was putting out 19.5v, and also tested the connector and saw that 19.5v was getting to the motherboard. So the jack seems okay.
I also tried the trick I kept reading where you disconnect everything and hold down the power button but that did not work. Tried it for 30 seconds, 2 minutes, nothing.
I also went out and bought a new AC adapter just to rule it out, and had the same result. No dice.
When I have the computer apart, with the battery out and the AC adapter plugged in, I can see a very faint rapid pulse from an orange LED (looks like the battery indicator) at the front of the computer, accompanied by a ticking sort of noise. It sounds like an electrical sort of noise, like power building and dissipating. When I put the battery in the noise and light go away. When you push the power button, nothing happens at all.
I'm kind of at a loss here and leaning towards it being a faulty motherboard but don't want to condemn the laptop and have him buy a new one if it can be repaired. He loves the computer and doesn't want to have to buy a new one, but it's looking like he might have to.
Thank you for any help, it's greatly appreciated!
