Thank you, I'll give that a try.

On Sat, 11 Nov 2006 16:24:46 -0800, "Steve R." <ud233@victoria.tc.ca>
wrote:

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>"shit4brains" <uwish@here.com> wrote in message 
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>>I have a 1-1/2 year old Satellite M45 now 6 months out of warranty
>> that has been virtually unused for the last 8-9 months.  I was using
>> it yesterday and installing Norton Partition Magic 8.05 on it to
>> partition the 100 Gb hard drive. After installing the program from a
>> USB flash drive the computer reboots. In this case it shut down and
>> did not restart. It doesn't even have any power or signs of power,
>> even with the AC adaptor plugged in. No LED's light up on the front,
>> no lights on the power button. I have tried removing the battery and
>> the AC and letting it sit, using just the AC, etc. It seems dead as a
>> mackerel.  Does anyone have any ideas out there?  TIA
>>
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>You need a Volt Ohm multimeter! First check the power cord for voltage, and 
>continuity. Then check  the output voltage of the adapter. If no output 
>voltage it's the adapter, if good, then the problem is in the computer. You 
>just go on testing from stage to stage from there. Without instruments, or 
>known good parts to substitute, there is no way to be sure.
>
>Steve R. 
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