today as I sat on my pc the keyboard [freely moving] freely moved off my knee and clonked onto the floor [keys facing down] On retrieval it was dead so after a bit of messin about I decided at $25 a new one may as well try some radical remedies. Unscrewed the back carefully [don't break the fragile wiring] remove old batteries and insert new and finally after iffing or butting it charged up again - I really don't know what I did to re-charge it but recharge I did and it sits happily on me knees now as I type this thank goodness cos trying to type using the small keyboard attached to the laptop was a pain!!
just whilst we are awaiting mal and mart - bit like laurel and hardy heh??