Well by having the setting to put it to sleep you allowed the battery to
charge so it would was fully charged when you opened the lid again.
Also have you tried reinstalling the battery?
The fact that the indicator says that the battery is fully charged does not
mean that it is not almost dead it just means the it will not accept any
more charge. Laptop batteries depending on type can only be charged so many
times and it a Laptop is normally connected to power it is often recommended
that it be removed in order to extend its life.

"civ2ru" wrote in message
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Interesting... For now, I'll keep the battery out until I need to unplug
the
unit. I knew keeping it plugged in WITH the battery inserted can shorten
the
life of the battery, but I never knew could it affect power.

But my battery certainly hasn't been almost dead... Almost full's more
like
it.

As for closing the lid, I had it set to put computer to sleep, and now I'm
wondering if the problem is in the CONNECTION between the computer and the
screen rather than the screen itself. So for now, again, I put it to sleep
through a power button rather than by closing the lid.

Anyhow, all of these solutions seem temporary... Still looking for the
exact
root of the problem that would cause these particular symptoms, and its
troubleshooting. Let me know if you have any other ideas! And thank you!

"Curious" wrote:

There are several weird cases where removing and replacing the battery
even
when on regular power have solved a start up problem and I do not know
exactly why.
Or maybe the battery is almost dead and therefore has trouble outputting
the
required voltage so even when system is plugged in the system is trying
to
charge the battery and until it is charged you see nothing.
When you close the screen you are either changing the power setting
and/or
reducing the system load since the screen display is turned off.