Finally

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 This is my final post about my laptop saga.  My laptop is fixed now.  I replaced the battery and it all works.  I really don’t need to say more about it.  But I have space to fill with words.  What can I say about my laptop?  My wife is glad it’s fixed.  I had been watching YouTube vids on my phone at night and doing so was keeping me awake.  

I put my laptop on my chest in bed at night and let YouTube just feed me vids.  Then around three in the morning I’d wake up and put my laptop on the table and go back to sleep.  I have an ap on my watch that tracks my sleep at night.  Using my phone at night was keeping me awake.  My son gave me an old iPad, but I couldn’t update it.  I was then relegated to using my phone.  A six inch screen is a far cry from 17 inches.  

If I couldn’t get my laptop fixed I was resigned to buying a new 11 inch tablet.  But $25 is a far cry from $160.  I pressed the on button after changing the battery and nothing happened.  I made sure the back was on correctly and pressed all the way in.  Then I held the on button for about ten seconds and a blue BIOS screen opened that told me to press enter.  The screen went dark and after a few seconds the HP logo appeared and finally my sign in screen appeared.  

After all that it was a matter of my computer finishing the update and restarted and it all worked.  I fell asleep last night watching YouTube vids.  So my laptop works now.  Everything is as it should be.  I read that dead batteries is a common problem with HP computers not working.  That was the problem.  Pipes require no electricity or batteries.  My pipe this morning is my Tim West pipe and my tobacco is Constellation.  My coffee this morning is Common Coffee from Guatemala.  Thank you for your time and Peace to each one of you.

Dave

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