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I got carried away, disassembled the laptop looking for anything loose etc. Nothing found BUT when put back together, it acted differently. Battery is no good, but still put it in the machine. Plugged in the power supply, hit the power key, and got more lights this time. 3 lights above...

I didn't leave the battery out that long. The only blinking lights are the ones I mentioned. No other sounds or blinks. Sounds grim to me! HOWEVER, I'll give it another go later when I get home and report back. Thanks for the advice.

I have a Dell Inspiron 1720 that won't boot. Pulled the memory stick, got message on screen to try to reset the memory. Killed the power and reset the memory. Still, power button led is on solid, then HD activity indicator does a double blink, slight pause, then another double blink.... and...