bgray_61

I have been dealing with the same issue. My problem started with garbled/corrupted video. The left hinge was very loose. So, I took it apart to tighten up the hinges. When I put it back together, it would not power up. Only the battery charge light was lit. After fooling around with it and taking it back apart, I apparently accidentally hit the power cord and saw a light flash on the laptop. I disconnected the cord, cleaned the DC connector on the back of the laptop and tried to boot again and it powered right up.

Try cleaning both the connector from the PS and the connector on the back of the laptop. Other articles I found discussed that they had to replace the DC connector on the motherboard because they were cracked from stress.

If anyone could help me resolve my garbled video problem, I would appreciate it. The video works fine for awhile, then after it warms up, if you bump the machine or flex tthe lcd display, the image on screen becomes il-legible and eventulally turns into like a test pattern. At that point you can only power off and back on. I suspect on-board video or video cable from motherboard to lcd.