laptop in need of help

[spyder]

Ok, I have a question for a computer savy person. One of my toshiba satellite laptops, 2006 model year, won't turn on. I should say won't even take power I guess. When I plug the cord in, no lights come on, nothing gets power to it from what I can see. The cord I used to test it in the end was the one from my other toshiba, both power supplies work just fine on my other laptop. There is a very faint clicking, or ticking noise from inside of it when I plug it in, time interval of about 3 clicks a second. My first thought is that it is the noise from the electricity from the power supply? I don't know, I'm at a loss here. Any suggestions? Thoughts? From someone who knows what they are talking about that is?

[DSB OUTDOORS]

10 Guage at 5 yards otta do it?? I'm at a loss??

[blacklabel]

If the cord will work with another laptop then I'm going to guess it's a problem with the female end of the plug in the laptop. Possibly needs a motherboard replaced. I'm only really used to these types of problems with HP laptops so I can't say for sure.

[drako6924]

If the cord will work with another laptop then I'm going to guess it's a problem with the female end of the plug in the laptop. Possibly needs a motherboard replaced. I'm only really used to these types of problems with HP laptops so I can't say for sure.

I see this all the time looking at 45$ if you do it your self and it's not to hard to do man

[blacklabel]

I haven't had a board go on an HP laptop of mine but my old roommate did. All of my power related problems have been cord or battery related.

[enthusiast]

... There is a very faint clicking, or ticking noise from inside of it when I plug it in, time interval of about 3 clicks a second.

Those faint clicks could be the hard drive. They make this sound when they die. Sometimes they will do this if they cannot get enough power as well.

[ChadAmberg]

Those faint clicks could be the hard drive. They make this sound when they die. Sometimes they will do this if they cannot get enough power as well.

I was thinking hard drive also... except that none of the power lights come on at all. It's probably worth pulling the hard drive though and seeing if it powers up though, just in case it's shorting out and pulling too much juice for everything else to power on, although I've never seen that actually happen.

[spyder]

I have read a few other things online that it could be the battery, HD, fan and such. I have removed or disconnected each of the items just to see what happens, it still makes the noise, nothing happens.

[JackImpact]

Im confused. You have two laptops. On one laptop both power supplies work, on the other laptop no power supplies work?

And the noise is from the broken computer or one of the power supplies?

[spyder]

I have two laptops, both toshiba satellites, one is a little older. Both power cords work just fine, the older satellite doesn't get any power to it and makes a very faint clicking (for lack of a better description) noise when the power cord is plugged into it.