"RREd" <rred@rrrrrrrrrrrrrrred.it> wrote in message 
news:m773f.25997$133.5315@tornado.fastwebnet.it...
> Hi all,
> I've got an old Toshiba Satellite 2800-100, but it seems not to start 
> more.
>
> It doesn't start with the button "On", and also doesn't start with the 
> button "Internet", that starts IE, and the pc if it is turned off.
>
> It starts only if I switch on, on the right, the "Modality control" 
> switch, that is the switch that turn on the digital cd reader, and the pc 
> if it is turned off.
>
> The problem is that if it starts, the monitor is always dark and I can see 
> only in trasparence the desktop view, in trasparence in the black video. 
> Then if i connect a external monitor, I can see on external monitor the 
> desktop.
>
> What kind of problem it has? Why this problem began?
>
> Thanks a lot.
>
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>
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>
Sounds as if your invertors is duff or connection come loose.
Remove the screen surround and its the strip along the bottom
with a few components on it. Easy to replace.
Take care not to damage the screen. Expensive to replace.