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    Laptop, baffling power issue

    Hi again, I've tried all the things you have suggested with no luck so it looks like I'm gonna have to take it to a repair shop. Thanks for your help anyway, much appreciated.
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    Laptop, baffling power issue

    Hi, thank you for your reply. The laptop is over a year old but hardly used I bought it for my son who Installed Windows 8 and everything else and then decided he wanted a Mac book instead. He probably used it for all of 24 hours, I has an i5 processor 16GB RAM and 1Tb HDD a really good spec...
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    Laptop, baffling power issue

    Hi everyone, I'm hoping somebody may have a solution to a baffling problem. I connected an external USB HDD to my laptop and it suddenly switched off, since then if power it up it starts up for a second and then stops dead but the power on light and WiFi light stays on. Oddly I leave it for 24...