Help! Playbook won't boot up

My playbook has crashed. I have tried depressing the start button plus the volume button at the same time but to no avail. The battery is fully charged. I'm wondering if it is diseased or the battery has cratered.

if the battery is depeleted too much, you have to charge it for 30 min, Press power button and both Vol + - buttons for 10 seconds to reboot it.
try above a few times and it should boot up.
I have to do this on my kids playbook once a month, they leave it on and dont close anything.
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I upgraded to the new OS 2.0 today and now my playbook won't boot up? What's going on??

You need to follow these instructions to "debrick" your PlayBook:
You should have the Desktop Software version 7 installed on your PC, can be downloaded from http://us.blackberry.com/apps-software/desktop/
1. Make sure your PlayBook is powered off (sounds like yours might already be) press and hold down the power button until the unit forces the device off.
2. With the Desktop Software open on your computer and the PlayBook powered off, connect the PlayBook to your computer.
3. You should see an error screen from Desktop Software popup with the options to Retry, Update, or Cancel.
Very quickly choose the Update option.
4. Once this is complete your PlayBook will go back through the initial (as if new) setup wizard (entering the BlackBerryID, etc.), and then you can perform a restore using Desktop Software to return your personal data from the backup. Applications which you downloaded from AppWorld won't restore, but they can be easily reinstalled using AppWorld > My World section of AppWorld.
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Help: iMac won't boot past Grey logo screen with spinning lines

My fiance's iMac (intel based) running snow leopard (upgraded from Leopard a couple months ago) will not boot past the logo and spinning lines. This started after at attempting to restart after installing updates to Safari and iTunes.
When booting in verbose mode I get these lines:
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I've unplugged everything except the apple keyboard and mouse. Ethernet is not connected.
She doesn't seem to have the original disc that came with the computer, but I do have the Snow Leopard upgrade disc.
What do I do? It won't boot in Safe Mode either, freezes at the same spot.
I'm not a particularly savvy Mac user as I recently embraced them when we moved in together.
Any help would be greatly appreciated

Repairing permission is not the first answer. Should try to run fsck and reset the PRAM
Start up your computer in single-user mode to reach the command line.
Note: If necessary, perform a forced restart as described in the Emergency Troubleshooting Handbook that came with your computer. On desktop computers, you can do this by pressing the reset/interrupt button (if there is one) or holding down the power button for several seconds. On portable computers, simultaneously press the Command-Control-power keys. If your portable computer doesn't restart with this method, you may need to reset the Power Manager.
At the command-line prompt type:
/sbin/fsck -fy
Press Return. fsck will go through five "phases" and then return information about your disk's use and fragmentation. Once it finishes, it'll display this message if no issue is found:
** The volume (name_of_volume) appears to be OKIf fsck found issues and has altered, repaired, or fixed anything, it will display this message:
***** FILE SYSTEM WAS MODIFIED *****
Important: If this message appears, repeat the fsck command you typed in step 2 until fsck tells you that your volume appears to be OK (first-pass repairs may uncover additional issues, so this is a normal thing to do).
When fsck reports that your volume is OK, typerebootat the prompt and then press Return.
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Resetting PRAM and NVRAM
Shut down the computer.
Locate the following keys on the keyboard: Command, Option, P, and R. You will need to hold these keys down simultaneously in step 4.
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HELP: T440s won't boot after unsuccessful memory update

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The what now?
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HELP, K8N won't boot into bios or anything. need to reset board to default

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Sounds like a hardware failure, you can run Apple Hardware Test in Extended mode however you will need the original install discs. In order to get a replacement set you need to call AppleCare, give them a credit card number and the serial number of the machine and for a nominal charge they will replace them. However your machine is pretty old if still running Leopard. You may want to consider options such as taking it to your local Apple Store or AASP to be professionally diagnosed and repaired or possibly even upgrading to a new machine if necessary.

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I don't know what RIM's plan is - as they seem to be focussing on syncing contacts online rather than backing them up locally. Maybe that's the way that they think it should be from now on.
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Playbook won't boot - Completely unique problem

Ok before anyone blasts me for posting before researching I would like to say that I have done my research and this post is my last hope.
I recently bought a second hand Playbook that was advertised as not working for $20. Me being a BB freak and my Wife and I just having a new baby (so no ex tra $) I said to myself "oh they just don't know what they are doing" well apparently neither do I.
This PB was won at a Christmas party this past December and the woman who won it, was never able to get it to turn on.
Now here's the weird part, this PB does not do what 99% of the other either bricked or drained PB's do. This one shows no signs of life at all if it is not plugged in, I will say here that I am only using the charger that came with the PB and no third party or uniusb's. Once I plug the PB in the red led comes on after about 5 seconds and stays on for exactly 10 minutes. From the hundreds of articles I could find I could not find one that showed the same symptoms.
Here is what I have tried so far.
#1. Just letting it charge for 24 hours
#2. Several different Stack methods (as a matter of fact, every single method that I came across)
#3. Trying to get the computer to recognize the PB by hooking up the USB cable, and trying several different ways to get the DM to recognize the PB. No luck, not even for that glimmer of a second like others have reported.
#4. Removing the back casing, after going online and making sure that there was no longer a warranty, and disconnecting the battery from the mother board for about an hour and then plugging the battery back in and hooking up the charger to see if there were any signs of life. NOTHING
#5. Disconnecting all of the pin connections from the mother board, then once again after an hour replacing the connections and trying to charge. Nada
#6. Removing the connections again and placing insulators between the mother board connections and the ribbon connections then placing the display with the batteries in a freezer bag, removing all of the air to stop condensation, then placing it in the freezer for about an hour and a half. Then letting it warm up to room temp and plugging in the charger. Nope
#7. I saw a post about "jumping" the battery by Knotty Rope. Turns out he has a different version PB than this one because the battery connector is completely different than the one he had. Could not trace the circuit enough to find a valid place to apply a 5V source to trick the PB into thinking it has the proper voltage.
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Playbook won't boot after upgrade to v2

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Just installed a msi 865pe neo 2 board with:
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Originally posted by Danny
Have you installed XP yet? Or is the splash screen you mention from the installation program.
If you are trying to install now, try this in order:
1 Increase ram voltage to 1.8
2 Try just one stick
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Well all the above.
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