[OT] Laptop screen messed up

[Jeff Macdonald]

>   Most of us have cleared hardware glitches on desktops and servers by doing
> the old power-down-reboot cycle.  It's important to remember that, with a
> laptop, there is more then one power source.  :-)

I think that is exactly what happened, as the battery basically has no
life left in that machine. The machine was unplugged over night. Thanks
for the tip.