Jim Land wrote in
. 3.44:

A wrote in news:Xns97FAAA07EEFF6fchancecom@
64.59.144.76:

I'm under the assumption that if it were a BEEP CODE, I would
get it
every time I try and power up. In my case, it only happen on
the
initial power up (after the repair) and now the machine is
completely
unresponsive when I press the power button.

I may have neglected something when I put it back together; I
was
hoping the BEEP CODE would point me to the problem, but I'm
thinking I
just trashed another machine. Good thing it was my GFs.

Yes, if the BIOS discovers a problem at power-on, it will beep
each time you turn it on (until you fix the problem). Since it
no longer beeps, it isn't even powering up. Time to look and
see if the mainboard is getting voltage when you turn it on.
No-voltage is a good possibility for the symptoms you have. Of
course, since you can't plug in the ac power adapter, you're
relying on battery voltage. Maybe the battery is discharged?

Ya, unfortunately the battery hasn't held a charge for quite some time
now. If I put my ear real close to the machine, I can hear a light hum
of electricity when its plugged in.

I have a feeling I need to take it all apart and take the board into the
local repair shop and have them look at the work I did on it. I don't
know enough about fixing this type of stuff to troubleshoot where I went
wrong. I was warned about the (capacitors?) that are located right next
to the power port I replaced; maybe I damaged one in the process
(although I thought I did a pretty good job). I tried this identical
repair on an almost identical machine (N5420 v N5430) and butchered the
board bad, so I was ubercareful this time (however, I did manage to burn
the crap out of my hand with the soldering iron).

Your thoughts and help are appreciated.

Regards,

A