NB305-N410BN-G wont boot up from anything!

I let my nephew borrow my computer for 2 days when I got it back he said it wouldn't start that the battery must have died. I plugged in turned it on ..Nothing and I mean nothing! The battery and power lights come on and the fan does for a few seconds, no screen no harddrive no network no USB power, I thought it might be the display plugged into an external monitor..Nothing. I did a hard reset by draining the power then restarted ..Nothing! I have a back up and plugged in my external harddrive to see if I could somehow get it to read it and nope... Nothing. I even tried holding down the zero key during startup for 2 min., nothing! Any idea what he may have done to it or a way for me to start it up please I'm all ears.

Sounds like the hardware has been damaged to me, Peter. Since you have ruled this out, apparently, I support your resolution of his problem for the time being.
Good luck!
Bi-Ill
Good luck!
Sincerely,
Bill5960

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