Question Dell Precision 3520 wont start up - peculiar symptoms

[StaticMaine]

I have a Dell Precision 3520 laptop with an internal battery. I left my laptop on my desk, not plugged in and did not touch it - leaving it to essentially drain the battery. I had an emergency, so I never plugged it in.

This morning, I went to turn on the laptop and nothing is happening. It's unresponsive. I plugged my adaptor in and the first odd thing I noticed happened - The power button light turned on. Nothing else happened - it just shows the power button lit up like it's on.

I attempted to turn on again, no luck. I also tried holding the power button for 30-60 seconds with the adaptor plugged in and with the adaptor not plugged in.

I really am hoping to fix this without my computer losing everything, because I have a picture we need for a funeral and unfortunately it's on there.

Thank you for any help.

 

[COLGeek]

See here for how to remove the battery.

https://www.dell.com/support/manual...6db8c1-8591-4d08-936d-8351b682bd1e&lang=en-us

Remove the battery. Wait a few minutes and then reconnect it and reattach the power supply. Try starting the system.

 

[StaticMaine]

See here for how to remove the battery.

https://www.dell.com/support/manual...6db8c1-8591-4d08-936d-8351b682bd1e&lang=en-us

Remove the battery. Wait a few minutes and then reconnect it and reattach the power supply. Try starting the system.

Thank you for your assistance - I will try removing the battery, but the link you provided is unfortunately not working

 

[COLGeek]

Try this link:

https://www.dell.com/support/manual...290758-2cff-42c3-a93c-dc0ef3a54a0f&lang=en-us

 

[StaticMaine]

Gave that a shot, no luck

 

[COLGeek]

Have you tried connecting to an external display to see if anything appears on screen?