laptop suddenly gone off

[ashudoc]

Dear all
I was skyping on my toshiba satellite l300 laptop and it suddenly gone completely off. After this I was trying to switch it on but its not showing any signs of life. If I connect it to power the led of power and battery are lighting green, and when I press the power button the power LED blinks once and thats it, no sound from the fan or hard disk at all, and ofcourse no display.
I dont have any idea what happened to it?
Can anyone of you please help and advise? Is this a major problem? (I can disassemble and assemble it.)
Thanks
Ash

 

[digitaldoc]

I had something similar on an Acer a few years back. I confirmed that the hard drive was connected and still working. Check that the battery is inserted fully. Make sure the RAM has not popped out.

In the end, I figured it was a motherboard issue, and it was past warranty, so I tossed it.

Hope it works out.

 

[boytitan2]

Do the fans make any noise when plugged in while the green LED is on? Btw give more details on what could be wrong.

 

[ashudoc]

No sound from fan. I feel that it could be motherboard issue. I have tried usual trouble shooting with and without battery. Could it be transformer?

 

[ashudoc]

Is it going to help if I change the motherboard?

 

[boytitan2]

Replacement motherboards on laptops do not come cheap. It could be a motherboard issue I am not sure how ever in my experience even when the motherboard goes the fan still spins.

 

[digitaldoc]

Is it going to help if I change the motherboard?

In most cases, the cost of a new motherboard for a notebook is close to the cost of a new notebook, making it totally not worth it.