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Toshiba Satellite C855 is not booting up or going to BIOS and just displaying black screen
My parents own an old Toshiba Satellite C855 that sits in the office always plugged in. Now it won’t turn on. When the power button is pressed the LEDs light up and the HDD spins up but the screen stays black. The HDD is pulsing from low to high. I have tried booting without the PS plugged in, without the battery etc. I’m unable to reach the BIOS with F2 . Could this possibly just be a weak battery. I’m hoping that the computer doesn’t crash as my father's accounting files are all on there. If need be I might be able to recover the HDD from a Linux live boot but unsure if that would even work
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