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Issue with Toshiba Screen not Lighting

Mar 7, 2016 11:14AM PST

Hello, all. Today's issue is with a Toshiba Satellite C655. Currently, I dual-boot it with Ubuntu because the Windows side is corrupted. Last night, I finished using it and put it into "suspend" mode. I then walked away. When I came back it was still humming as though it were on. I shrugged, pressed the power button, and unplugged the AC adapter. Today I came back to it, found it had used up all its battery power, and plugged the AC adapter back in. It then took thirty minutes before trying to turn it on did anything but activate a green power status light. Now, it activates the light, and after a brief delay, hums as though it is working, but the screen remains dark.

Suggestions?

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Try the old generic reset next.
Mar 7, 2016 11:25AM PST
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Mar 7, 2016 11:36AM PST

Have tried generic reset at 30 seconds and one minute. Am currently trying at two minutes.

Should this fail I will attempt to connect an external monitor. That said, how do I swap over the output if I cannot see the screen?