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I have a toshiba satellite p25- the big 17" one. It's a little over 2 years old. It's been working fine, but after leaving it in the car for 4 days on a cross country road trip, it wont turn on. If you press the ower button, the computer makes a faint click, but nothing else happens. It makes the same noise when you first plug in the charger, and it also flashes one of the charging/power lights for a split second.

I've tried removing the battery and pluging it in, but it does the same thing. I took it to the Best Buy repair counter, and all they could do was check out the power cable (it works). The guy there said it was probably the motherboard, since it was getting power, as evidenced by the light.

I think motherboards for this particular machine are around $300, and the only place around here is an hour away, and they estimated it costing $500 if it was the motherboard.

Is there anything else I can do? Have other people had the same problem? If it I can determine that it is the motherboard without sending it to the shop, then I could sell it on ebay and save myself the $100+ on sending it to the shop (I don't have a car). I feel like $500 might not be worth it for a laptop this old, although it did run well and has a nice screen.

Any thoughts are welcome. Thanks.