Help sony viao won't charge or power up

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"BILL SMITH" <me@home.com> wrote:
>I have a mdl PCG-883L with good power supply won't charge or power up.

Try removing the battery and see if it'll power up. How do you know
for sure your power supply is any good?

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"BILL SMITH" <me@home.com> wrote in message
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> I have a mdl PCG-883L with good power supply won't charge or power up.
>
>
Is the battery a lithium ion battery?

If so it may be over discharged. Once the battery voltage falls below 3
volts per cell, the charger will refuse to charge it (as it should).

If the battery has been in this condition for any length of time ***DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO RECHARGE IT***. The battery must be disposed of.

People will tell you that the battery can be recovered. It may be possible,
but unless you know exactly what you are doing, the battery can erupt in a
huge fireball, and will ignite anything flammable within 2 metres of it.