Thanks for all the cogent responses. The laptop is genuinely dead, not just hosed. (I run Debian unstable. I can tell the difference. :-) No lights, no horrible grinding noises from the hard drive, nothing. I tried two different known-good batteries, with and without the A/C adapter, with and without the additional memory DIMM. I think it's mostly likely a problem with the on switch or the power supply, but it could be a motherboard issue, or the hard drive, for that matter.
Once I figure out how to get the hard drive out (I've removed every screw in sight, but still can't get the clamshell apart) so I can verify that it's the standard 44-pin IDE interface, I'll order a 44-pin to 40-pin IDE adapter. A 44-pin IDE to USB adapter would be more convenient, but seems to be a lot more expensive. 44-pin IDE to PCMCIA would be good, too, but I can't find any of those. Thanks again. -- Roger -- Roger H. Goun Brentwood Country Animal Hospital, P.C. Chief Kennel Officer Exeter, New Hampshire, USA
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