I got a strange one here - I was working on the computer changing the hard drive and I wanted to turn the power off. I held down the power button but the fan was still spinning (looking at the bottom of the computer). I figured because the fan was still spinning that the power was still on, so I held the button to force the computer to turn off, but the fan kept spinning. Finally I just flipped it over and realized it was off, so maybe the fan just keeps spinning even though the power is off to cool down the CPU? Also think during this time that the power cord was unplugged, but I'm not totally sure...
Anyways, took the drive out, put it back in, then powered the system back up. I noticed there were no sleep options when I was trying to change the "close the lid" settings which I thought was kinda strange. Then I pulled the power cord out and the computer just turned off entirely.
I don't know what happened to this thing. If I plug the cord in the charge indicator stays amber for about 5 seconds and then goes blue as if it's fully charge. Windows reports that it's fully charged, but it will not turn on without the power cable and will immediately shut off if I inplug it.
So did I do something wrong by holding the power button down for so long? I even tried taking the CMOS battery out to see if the BIOS would reset, and also upgraded the BIOS to the latest version.
The computer was working great on the battery before - does this seem like a motherboard problem or a battery problem??
Thanks!
Mike
