Computer died then came back to life...

[wrybread]

I have a T61 that I love, and last week it seemed to completely die. No lights worked, plugging it in made no difference, even with the battery removed. Nothing I did had any effect.

So I put it away, and then just now I plugged it in and it fired right up.

I don't imagine anyone has a theory about what part might be on the fritz? I love this laptop, would hate to see it go.

Thanks for any help.

[Neil]

If you will tell us the seven character type number, maybe we can come up with some ideas about what happened.

[wrybread]

Thank you:

Type: 6458-CTO
Product ID: 6458W7C

[Neil]

Well, can't tell much about those Configure-To-Order systems, and 6458W7C doesn't show up a the product details search.

But, it could have been that capacitors in the power circuits had built up a latent charge that was drained by letting the laptop sit for a while. Or, something else entirely. Just a guess.

[wrybread]

Well I don't know if this is related, but twice now the wifi has become disabled with no way to fix but a reboot. By that I mean:

- all networks become invisible, exactly as if I use the wifi switch to turn off the card

- when I go to Network Connections and disable the card, that works, but when I try to re-enable it, it says it can't.

- rebooting fixes it, for awhile...

- this is a new issue

- running XP with all updates

Argh.