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viveknayyar007, you've saved the day! Testing ththe CMOS was just the ticket! The first good sign was all the lights coming on. But nothing further happened so I did a hard reboot, and BAM. Back in business! It's still A POS with a faulty hard drive, but it wasn't the motherboard, so it isn't a...

Oh, and this laptop was moved very frequently throughout its life, by the way. But not while I was opening it up. Just gentle flipping over and lid opening. I worked with kid gloves on this baby.

Okay, I will try to clear the CMOS tomorrow. I will let you know how it goes. I will check here for more replies first, in case there are any more ideas. Thank you for assisting me.

No, I just opened the hard drive/ memory access panel. I didn't go deep. This is why I am confused. I hardly did anything, definitely nothing for experts. I just don't know how I ducked up. Considering I never opened it, do you still advise I try to clear the CMOS?

I discharged the flea and myself beforehand, as instructed in the manual. I tried to turn it back on, the power light came on as normal, and that's it. No fan, no boot, no beeps, nothing. I'm hoping one of you fine folks can offer an explanation and/or fix. (Before anyone asks, yes I tried...