Toshiba M45 Laptop Locking up

[markw10]

I have a Toshiba Satellite M45-S331 which has developed a problem with
locking up. Sometimes when i shut it down it gets stucking on the
shutting down Windows screen but many times what happens is when I
shut it down (and it does shut down) or close the lid where it goes
into hibernate as soon as I open up the computer and try to turn it on
it won't turn on. I have even unplugged it as well as removed the
battery for a minute and it still wont' start. Often it takes
removing the battery and pulling the power cord for over 15 mins or
so. Then it works fine.
I thought it was a virus or something wrong with Windows so I did a
complete wipe of the hard drive and reinstall and it is Windows XP
Home Edition but it still has this problem.

 

[dwill122]

I'm currently having the exact same issue with a Satellite M45-2653. I can only shut it down or put it into hibernate by holding the power button until it turns off. After doing that yesterday, I can not get it to start up today.

The sequence of events that occurs is:

Hit power button with power and batter lights both blue.
HDD light goes blue for split second.
Power light goes blue and stays on.
Computer attempts to access DVD drive.
Computer makes a clicking sound.
Battery light and power light go off.
Batter light comes back on.
Computer never boots.

 

[dwill122]

In reading some other posts, I've found the root cause for my issue (sort of). If I hook it up to a monitor, it boots no problem. So...

In order to use my laptop as a laptop now I either need to always carry a monitor with me, or figure out how to get my screen to start playing nicely with the rest of the laptop.

Does this sound like I need a new LCD? Is there anything else I can try? $300 for a new LCD to put in a 3 year old, $500 laptop (when it was new), that is currently only worth the data on the hard drive, it doesn't really make a whole lot of sense...

Any suggestions?

 

[dwill122]

I can still hit Fn F5 and get either the LCD or the LCD and the Monitor to both display. However, when I shut it down with the LCD working and tried to turn it back on, same problem. It would not boot because the display is in some way defective.

I have updated to the latest BIOS version and graphics adapter files available on the Toshiba website...