If anyone can help...
I was just doing some bits (not online) and there was a small click and it just shut off. No shutdown process, just stopped. Now it won't power up when I press the on button!

I have a Fujitsu Siemens LifeBook E Series 4010.

I'm praying the battery has completely gone as opposed to the laptop!

Does this sound familiar to anyone?

Thnx in advance

Did you try pulling the battery and plugging it in? My aunt had an old HP that did the same thing, and that worked.

Yeah I tried that one. There was a small buzzing sound coming from the machine until I pulled the battery out. now I've put it back in the buzzing has stopped but still no power.

???

No power at all huh? Not good.... I'm guessing that the battery wasn't the problem then.

Nightmare.

Anyone else?

This may help or not, but some laptops have a problem with the fans... My Dad had a Sony Via and that fan stopped turning... caused the thing to shutdown after an hour or so and wouldn't restart until an hour or two. If you have waited over two hours and it still won't work, then either that isn't the problem, or the thermal sensor was malfunctioning or set to turn off too late....may have burned up something. Just a guess but I thought I would put my two ¢ in. The power supply may have fried too. It does sound like a hardware issue and unrelated to the OS or software. If its still in warrantee, you should get it replaced. If it is older, the company may still fix it for a small fee.
Most likely the processor or power supply if it won't start up after plenty of time to allow for cool down.