It's official...
The laptop is defunct. Not the battery, not the switch--the motherboard is flatline. I guess it is about 3 years old. That doesn't seem old. But to fix it is more expensive that to replace it, so I am told. So... got my eye on a refurbished hp business class laptop with more oomph to it anyway... and all its keys, and no cat hair in it... (Mine lost several keys one time when I opened it at home, sitting on my bed and the happy little puppy leaped up and pawed it...) It will cost about half what... Sign in to see full entry.