Re: [PLUG] Likely Cause?

[Tobias DiPasquale <toby@cbcg.net>]

On Aug 27, 2004, at 12:43 PM, Paul wrote:
> What is likely to cause the following problem.  An IBM laptop will not 
> power up.  The voltage coming out of the power supply is good, but 
> nothing happens when the power button is pushed.  (I don't have the 
> laptop in front of me yet, so I don't have any more information.)

Check the BIOS battery. If it powers up (i.e. the screen lights up 
black) and nothing else happens, then you've mostly got moisture in the 
laptop. In that case, just wait a half-hour in a dry environment and 
try it again.

--
Tobias DiPasquale

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