I'm thinking either the battery is fried or the contacts of it. But then again the A/C hookup should have started the laptop.

Check for physical defects, and if none, I think the battery is to...

You'll laugh at the answer to this.

I had that problem a while back and found that completely uninstalling and reinstalling the scanner works just fine. But when you reinstall, use the latest...

Actually...it very well could be. Sometimes the processor isn't seated right, or there is a bad pin, or something else. I'll update this post should I find any other causes.

For now, make sure...