[TriLUG] Ideas for Replacing Home Office Workhorse Computer?

[Matt Flyer via TriLUG]

John,

It looks like you had the magic answer.  I removed the battery after the 
machine had been sitting for a couple of days.  Plugged it in and much 
to my surprise it powered right up.

On 1/4/19 4:16 PM, John Franklin wrote:
> Another option is to remove the battery and let the machine sit for a day or more.  I thought I blew out an Acer Aspire when a static charge jumped from me to the machine through the keyboard.  As soon as I touched the keyboard, there was an arc, and the machine shutdown.  Nothing I could do to it would get it booting again.
>
> A few weeks later, I tried turning it on just because, and it came right up.  Probably blew an internal breaker or confused the PMU to the point the battery had to drain entirely for the machine to reset.
>
> jf