Paul Fenwick@pjf@cloudisland.nz
@Unixbigot@aus.social @xssfox@cloudisland.nz @LapTop006@aus.social : Extracted myself from the cat, and did some testing!
I agree with you all that it's a fuse, and now my laptop starts without a battery where previously it did not. I don't know what changed; did I shift a broken joint? Did I displace a dark spirit from its residence? I don't know.
It still doesn't start or charge when the battery is connected. It turns on for a second or two, then goes off. The battery is "new", but discharged from the last time I tried this.
1.3.6.1.4.1.61513@xssfox@cloudisland.nz
@pjf@cloudisland.nz @Unixbigot@aus.social @LapTop006@aus.social it's possible that removing the battery for a long period of time let the fuse reset. They can take awhile some times