Laptop loses power and won't boot

I have an Aspire V5-573G running Windows 10 Home 64bit, but I experienced the same problem while running Windows 8.1 Home 64bit.
I leave the PC on or off, come back a few hours later. The power indicator light don't shine if left off, shine orange if left on. The charging indicator lights blue if charging, else not.
I press the power button, both lights turn off and it does not boot.
I tried holding the power button down for 30 seconds, disconnect and reconnect the power adaptor, tap the power button, etc. The laptop seems dead.
I open up the laptop and disconnect the battery and reconnect it instantly. The laptop boots.
This issue repeats itself every time and it does not matter whether I have it connected to the power adaptor, leave it on or off, sleep mode or awake.
Since the lights do shine until I press the power button to wake/boot it up, I'm assuming it cease to respond once I do press the power button.
Help?

After additional tests I've noticed the following:
The hold-power-button-for-30-seconds trick works if, and only if, the battery is disconnected. When the laptop loses power as described in the original post, and the battery has been disconnected, I disconnect the power adaptor, hold the power button for 30 seconds, connect the adaptor and the laptop boots.
If the battery is connected, this trick does not work.

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