Dead Laptop

[jbergsing]

My laptop is completely dead. No power, nothing. It was working fine yesterday. It's about three years old. Any ideas?

 

[Casey]

Sometimes the power cords on old laptops get fragile and the wire breaks. You may want to check to be sure that when it's plugged in it's really getting power.

 

[fredtgreco]

Unplug it. Disconnect the battery and leave it with no power completely for 2 minutes or so. Then put the battery in and try and reboot.

Sometimes this kind of "cold boot" solves the problem.

 

[jbergsing]

Unplug it. Disconnect the battery and leave it with no power completely for 2 minutes or so. Then put the battery in and try and reboot.

Sometimes this kind of "cold boot" solves the problem.

You're a steely-eyed missile man! (OK, you know what I mean...) It worked! I have no idea why it worked, but it worked! Thanks!