Generally I don’t have issues like this, but I’ve had my laptop sitting for about a month, because when I was home I’d use my desktop and while at work I’d use theirs. However, I got a new phone the other day and I went to hook it up to the laptop…but it wouldn’t turn on.
I’d heard taking the battery off and putting it back on helps, so I did that. The computer turned on and went to the windows loading screen. It stayed there a lot longer then normal, then gave me the blue screen of death (I haven’t seen it for years). Since then I haven’t had a great deal of time to mess with it, but I tried to turn it on multiple times since, to no avail.
What are some other things I should try? I am currently looking for the os install disk so that I can do a test and repair.