computer...dead?!?

[IZ]

Using it a little while ago when the low battery indicator popped up. Plugged in the charger, hit the power button and nothing.  ??  Plugged it into another outlet...nothing. Attempted a different charger..nope. Let it charge for awhile..still nothing. Any ideas?  This is a work computer. It can be taken to IT but..rather not.

[derby]

hold the power button down for a while.

[IZ]

No dice.   

[Stella]

Call to the IT dept.  From experience it goes s'thing like:

me: 
Using it a little while ago when the low battery indicator popped up. Plugged in the charger, hit the power button and nothing.  ??  Plugged it into another outlet...nothing.

IT:
Is it plugged in?


Yeah.  That's how it typically goes.  (No offense to the IT's out there.)     

[IZ]

Don't want to take it to IT cuz of what's on the screen when it croaked....resume for new job was being worked on. Probably worse than having porn on the screen for a work computer. :p

[Speeddog]

<facepalm>
Really?
</facepalm>

See if you can borrow the battery from one of the other work computers of the same model.

Failing that, run it over with your car.

[IZ]

Yeah, that's already planned. Thanks. Hopefully it works!

[Kopfjager]

Take it to a computer shop and foot the bill.

[Langanobob]

Did you try derby's suggestion of holding the power button down with the battery and charger completely disconnected?  Don't ask me why this works on a dead laptop but it resets something and  it's a common fix.

You have to remove the battery and charger and hold the power button down for 40 seconds.  Then plug in the charger and battery and it "should" work.

[mitt]

Yep, remove the battery, hold the button.  Try it with the wall adapter and no battery also?


mitt

[duccarlos]

+2

Remove battery. Unplug. Hold down power button for a while (1 min if you have the patience). Plug in without battery. If it works, connect battery. Is it a Windows 7 machine? If the encryption is enabled, it might ask you for an encryption key. You would need to contact IT for that one.

[somegirl]

Our IT would send me to the manufacturer's repair service for hardware issues.  They only fix software/OS/networking issues themselves.

[triangleforge]

It's a miracle no one was hurt when it fell into the bathtub. Thank heavens for that!

[teddy037.3]

[IZ]

Ill try thanks!