Satellite won't start

My old laptop is a Satellite M65-S9092 running XP Media Center, almost 9 years old. Never ever gave me a problem until now. Don't use it all that much, but it has some CAD and graphics programs on it I can't port over to my desktop Win 8 machine.
When I hit the power button I hear the fan for a few seconds and then nothing. The power light goes out, the HD light goes out, and the screen never showed anything.
I've tried things I've read here; swapped memory modules, reset the power, pulled the HD, no battery, plug only, battery and no plug, and no change. I'm guessing it's a hardware failure of some sort. Could the motherboard battery cause this?
Help!
Neal
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could be the cmos battery but I would suspect something (hardware) else is wrong w/motherboard. It may be a challenge to find replacement parts for the old girl any more.
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?02-19-2014 06:41 PM - edited ?02-19-2014 06:45 PM
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