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Originally Posted by Sir Trev
My five year old HP laptop had an odd screen flicker last night and when black. Now it won't turn on. Rats. Off to Google to see if there is a reset option of any kind or if it looks like it's toast.
We ended up with father-in-laws old Lenovo so I eventually managed to get that running tonight as a stop gap. Quite like the keyboard on it...
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new battery is in order. even plugged in a fubar battery will case problems unless your laptop will run without one.
also laptop and computer processor cooling fans should be cleaned once a year or you run the risk of the processor going pop.
at 5 years you have had your moneys worth
you could always do what most folk do and drop it and claim on the house insurance... seems to be the norm these days to get insurance companies to pay for everything.