When you say you "tried turning it on with the battery removed", did you leave it plugged into the wall with the charging adapter at the time? Please clarify that you tried to use it while plugged in without the battery and it would not power up? When you plugged it in without the battery, was the green charging light on? Or did you get no power light at all?
With your battery in, try using a different outlet to plug into. Plug it into another outlet and when the green charging light comes on press and hold your power button on your keyboard and do not release it for 30 to 45 seconds. Tell me if this boots up the pc even if just for a moment?
There are three lights on your keyboard that should come on when the laptop is plugged in and turned on. One is the power light, the other is the battery charging light and the last one is the hard drive indicator that looks like a round cylinder on the picture. Tell me when you plug it into the outlet and the battery charge light is on, does the hard drive light come on and/or flicker when you try to power up the laptop? How many lights come on when you press and hold down the power button with the cord plugged into the wall?
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Sorry for my delayed response to your very helpful comment. I was so excited i t worked that I started working on my work documents. Here's what worked: I took out the battery, then put it back in & help the laptop down for about 30 seconds. And it worked!
So, I am back from my work trip now & am working from home today.... and am having the SAME problem. My work is providing me w/a new laptop on Tues (hallelujah!), however I have some deadlines to meet today and am getting frustrated!
I'll try everything you recommended and will let you know if that works... today. Fingers crossed!!
In the meantime, any additional thoughts - aside from dropping the laptop from my 5th floor window? :-)
Many thanx!!!
Hello! Sorry for my delayed response... once I tried your suggestion above and it worked, I started doing some work.
Once I removed the battery, plugged the charger into the wall & placed the battery back into the laptop - the green charging LED flickered on my laptop & I held it down for 30 seconds & it worked.
GOOD NEWS: I'm getting a new laptop this week.
BAD NEWS: I'm having the same problem right now & need to work.
So, I'm going to try the above steps again and see. In the meantime, any additional thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
Thanx!
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