<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div>All,</div><div><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; ">We have an Asus slim-line laptop which until recently has been running well with Ubuntu 12.04. Now I cannot even power it on.</div><div>If I switch the power on key, an led embedded in the key illuminates, indicating that there is power, but then nothing happens. I can switch it off by holding the power key down for 10 secs., but that is all I can get it to do. The frustrating thing is that a few days ago while it was charging, I was able to successfully switch it on.</div><div><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; ">When a similar problem occurred at
one of our meetings, it was corrected by re-seating the batteries. However, this is not possible with the Asus laptop, as it appears to be a sealed unit, so you cannot access the batteries.</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; ">Any ideas what the problem may be?</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Jack</div></div></div></body></html>