Afternoon All Turns out by using 'Battery Amnesia' on my 160 on the best battery of the three I have I got one up to about 5 minutes use. Lo and behold the 140 will boot from that battery!
So - I have proven to my satisfaction that a 140 will not boot without a battery or with a very bad one. Does anyone know how to 'bypass' the battery so it will boot without a battery like the 160 will?
Brian
I would just say take out the battery and just use the power adapter but I am sure there is something preventing this... If it will not boot without both power sources you might try resetting your power management settings, take out both power sources so that and let is sit for 5-10 minutes. Then push both of the little black buttons near the power button on the rear of the machine in for 10 seconds or so. Then try to boot it and you will probably have to hit the button (power button) a few times and then it should boot. You may have to repeat this a couple times. Also is your ac adapter a known good one? I would assume so after since you needed something to boot up for battery amnesia but I am just checking?
Dave
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