"carl0s" wrote in message
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There isn't a light on the PSU, no.


Perhaps you could come up with a way of monitoring the power supply's output
voltage while trying to power up the laptop? The voltage shouldn't vary by
more than a fraction of a volt.

oh well. I've gone back to the eBay selling saying it's faulty, but
perhaps as you say it is the battery which has killed it

Wouldn't be so bad if I wasn't doing this for someone else!!


Oh, it's always worse when it's someone else's appliance! Good luck.

Dave