ok..now that I reread the part about the laptop being gone, it could be a faulty power supply. Depends on the circumstances..another thing to check is how far it gets into the boot process, past POST, into the OS, up to Bryce? Any weird beeps or error codes, etc? Another possibility is the temperature setting on the system board bios, had a PC do a swan dive into doorstop status whenever the temperature got up too high (but usually you'll get alarms with that). I think most modern computer OS's have a 'log' feature, that you can capture what has loaded vs what hasn't, at least I know Linux and the later Windows versions do..I'd contact the manufacturer's tech support, that's what they get paid for.

I wish I'd said that.. The Staircase Wit

anahl nathrak uth vas betude doth yel dyenvey..;)