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Great I will dig in tomorrow, I am of the same belief but maybe I'll see an obvious sign. From more research I've been doing, I learned HP has a problem with Zener diodes that are used for overvoltage protection which causes a dead laptop similar to my issue but I cannot find info on if it would...

Hello Thanks for responding, I do have an ESD wristband, and aware of how to avoid ESD damage. I have built serval towers but have not worked on laptops before. I'm sure I could remove and replace the fixed battery if it may be a viable solution .. I would not go attempting any chip on board...

I have since learned that the light should/could be orange/amber colored when plugged in to indicate charging. It remains a constant white. Could that be because the battery is 100% charged? As I did mostly use it in the same place, always plugged in. I have also tried holding the power button...

Hello everyone I'm hoping to get some help to diagnose what the problem is with my laptop. Last night while I was using the laptop it abruptly powered off, the best way I can describe it is if you were watching TV and the power went out that exactly what it reminded me of. It made no noise that...