Re: OT: Hand-me-down Thinkpad is down for the count (?)

[J R FOX jr_fox@xxxxxxxxxx]

--- Philip Friedman  wrote:

> Have you tried taking the battery out and running it
> on wall power with no battery installed?  I know
> this sounds dumb, but I've had many a Thinkpad, and
> can attest from experence that when the battery goes
> funky the computer will act dead, plugged in or not,
> but it will work fine (plugged in, of course) if
> (and only if) the battery is removed. Your problem
> does sound more like the power switch or perhaps
> power supply, but ths is worth trying.

I appreciate the suggestion, Phillip, but that proved
to be a negative result. The major suspicion does
still look more like those last couple items. I might
try the power supply next, if I could find a
replacement at the right price. If it turns out to be
the switch itself, that probably won't be fixable.

 Jordan