okay the only thing i can think of is that when the machine was off i took out the battery and poped it back in just messing around with the whole unit. and then like i start to notice that the machine is not conserving power from the ac adapter. and i need this bad boy to start working like asap. i have a research paper on that machine and its due friday! if anyone knows some little trick to get this notebook back up and running please notify me asap...thanks