T60p Won't "Power Up", but LED's working.

My laptop is refusing to power up, after having gone into Standby mode.
The usual method of pressing the "Fn" key to re-activate the machine simply killed the LED's. The machine then became completely unresponsive, needing the battery and power to be disconnected then reconnected before any AC-Status LED would ignite.
It is connected to the mains and the "socket" and "battery" LED's are lit.
Pressing the power button simply extinguishes the LED's (including the AC supply indicator).
Once this happens, the only way to get the LED's to come on again is, once more, to remove the battery, then connect the power supply, before re-attaching the battery.
This has happened a couple of times before, but persistant attempts have previously succeeding in getting computer to start. I leave the machine running habitually to prevent this problem from occurring usually, but I closed the lid while a guest was using the spare room.
The OS has been reporting a fault with the battery, but the machine should be able to start with no battery connected, so I'm not convinced that a replacement would solve the issue.
I'm frankly tired of expensive on-going issues with this laptop: particularly recurrent CPU fan failures and hopeless battery longevity. I'd be ready to get rid of it, but I do need to run a HDD backup. Due to outrageous cost, I'm loathe to send this back to Lenovo.
Very grateful for any advice on getting the thing to power up.

i've seen a lot of laptops not start up because of a bad battery.
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