Thank you, thank you, thank you for the suggestion...I happened to be
browsing past this interest group and it sparked something for me.  I, too,
have been working on an IBM laptop that has ceased to function, so I shall
try the battery-free powerup and see if that induces a change.



>
> I've had these symptoms when my battery was Dead-Dead-Dead (shorted!).
You
> can try to power the laptop up without a battery to see if that is the
> problem.
>
> Doug

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