Thanks. I'll need the good luck. I've taken laptops apart before (a
Dell) and it wasn't fun. The parts are too small. I may just pay
someone to do this for me.

On Sun, 12 Nov 2006 17:10:55 -0800, "Steve R." <ud233@victoria.tc.ca>
wrote:

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>"shit4brains" <uwish@here.com> wrote in message 
>news:9t0fl25nq16otvq3idf8dfpdnph222ookg@4ax.com...
>> Well,I  tested the AC adaptor with my multimeter and it's putting out
>> the advertised 15 VAC, so that is not the issue. Could a wire or some
>> other power conductor inside have come loose or disconnected? It would
>> have to be connected to both the battery and the AC adaptor. If so,how
>> hard is it to get to? I found a web site with illustrated instructions
>> for disassembling a M45, and the power was about step 30 or so when it
>> was almost totally disassembled. I'm beginning to dislike laptops.
>
>The only thing to do, is take it apart, and look for anything obvious. The 
>difficulty is, the fault may not be visible! Try removing the hard drive, CD 
>drive etc. Remove the memory, in case that has a short. Try powering up, 
>after each component is extracted. Check the connections to the on off 
>switch, and check the switch itself.
>
>Good luck!
>
>
>Steve R. 
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