[ale] I'm confused

[david at tuxteam.com (David Tomaschik)]

On 11/18/2010 09:04 PM, Chris Fowler wrote:
> HP laptop will not power on.  I contact HP for support.
>
> This was the solution:
>
> Step 1: Power Drain: 
>
> 1. Disconnect the AC Adapter. 
> 2. Remove the Battery. 
> 3. Hold the Power button down for 30 seconds to 1 minute. 
> 4. Reconnect the AC adapter and reinsert the Battery. 
> 5. Switch on the Notebook power.
>
> Why does this work?
>
>

If I were forced to guess, there's some capacitor inside the motherboard
that is holding a charge just enough to prevent your system from booting
by keeping the part of the BIOS that's responsible for power on/off "stuck".

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