[techtalk] cracked-out laptop

[Kristen]

Hello. Have a bit of a problem with a laptop. I turned it on last night and it didnt turn on. So I left it there with the powercord in it (it was in when I originally turned on the machine the first time) and went to sleep. Woke up the next morning its not on. The very next day, the thing is on. It made an attempt to boot but didnt even get passed BIOS and I cant turn the thing off. I am thinking that there is a loose wire in there somewhere and perhaps is not communicating with the power supply and the harddrive. I am probly going to take the laptop apart and look around, however I am a bit scared to do so because I have never sen the inside of a laptop and I am not sure what to expect. Is it pretty much just like a regular desktop only smaller? Is it interchangable? What can I expect, and does anyone know what might be causing this laptop to do funky stuffs? -katneko