Why thank you R...Don't like to post until I really run out of "tries", and this was the case here, soooo Did what you suggested and then got the mentioned beeps.(mini PC card, hard drive, memory taken out).1-3-3-1. I then put a known good memory module into the "main" slot, powered up the computer,...

Have an R52, Model1859....Used it last night, and when I tried to power it up this morning "nothing"...To make a long story short, I finally was able to get power to the unit, but that was about it.(took the battery out, drained the charge from the motherboard, and connected the external power cable...