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  • To answer my own questions, it does appear to be power related. I hit the reset button (took me forever to even find out there was one) and it came back to life, screen and all. So, for future reference, it seems that connecting or unconnecting something caused a power problem and it stopped charging, even though the cord…
  • Could it be that no backlight, no trackpad and the other problems I'm having are due to a dead battery? I noticed that even though it's plugged in, and although I verified that the charging cable is sending 18v or so, it behaves like the battery is dead. Some laptops I've had won't function with a dead battery; could this…
  • Still couldn't get to BIOS, but I got it to boot. But screen on laptop almost invisible; if I shine flashlight on it I can just make it out. Attached external monitor and that works. Fn left-arrow doesn't change brightness. Is there a keyboard command or some way to get everything on the second monitor? I can't even mouse…
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