My Toshiba Satellite has gone screwy. I've had it for over a year, and it's worked brilliantly. Problem now is I can't get it to turn on. The power cord is fine - in fact, I ordered a new one because I thought that was the problem. I've taken the battery out, and I'm trying to run only on AC power. If I wiggle the cord around and try a few times, I can sometimes get it to turn on. Most of the time it then shuts off after a few seconds. Occasionally it will stay on, but if I jostle the computer at all, it will just shut off. The light on the front that indicates that it is on AC power is on, though it blinks sometimes.

I'm assuming that I have a problem inside the computer. A friend did trip over the power cord once, which bent the part that plugs into the computer, but that was 6 months ago and the computer has been fine up until now. I would like to fix this myself, though I don't know much about fixing computers...just your basic RAM and CD drive installation. Help!

If it wasn't a laptop i would say just whip the power supply off and put a new one in. That isn't so easy with a laptop though. It sounds like you are going to need to take it in for a new power supply unit or have the one you have now repaired. If you are lucky it will just be a loose wire and the repairer won't rob you blind