The laptop belongs to a friend of mine. A couple of days ago he had a power surge in his home. After that happened he would get the choice to either repair or start windows normally. Either choice had the same result: it would run normal for a minute or so and then completely power off. Even in safe mode the same thing would happen.
I came across a post (different forum) that said to take the battery out of the laptop, then press and hold the power button for about 30 seconds to a minute. Then replace the battery and start back up. THIS WORKED!! I was able to normally boot into windows and the laptop was working. I took it back to his house and booted up the laptop for him and it booted normally and worked for about a day.
Today I get a call that it is doing the same thing, trying to start but then shutting down. I have the laptop in...