[ale] HP Laptop Problem

[scott mcbrien]

I've seen something like this happen to Dell's that have a battery
that's gone bad, though usually the lights on the chassis blink in odd
ways to denote the problem.

-Scott

On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 10:23 PM, Chris Fowler
<cfowler at outpostsentinel.com> wrote:
> My wife bought the HP laptop that was a Black Friday special last year.
> The laptop is running well but does something weird.  Sometimes she
> can't turn on the laptop.  I have to remove the battery and put it back
> in order for it to come on.  It is as if removing the battery resets the
> system so that it can power up.  Is this hardware failure?
>
> Chris
>
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