Packard bell notebook geting stuck

use a pin to try to get it back out,you may have damaged the switch board

it sounds like the motherboard has blown

Turn it off, take out the power supply and battery. Now open it and take out the button battery. With those things out, press and hold the power button for 10 seconds to drain residual charge. try to boot it up. It should work now

Test the laptop using an external monitor
If this works fine, then the issue is with the screen, or possibly the vga cable. I notice this is referred to as a compatible screen, was this obtained new, or is it 2nd hand. Although most 15.4 screens fit most 15.4 laptops, some do not display correctly, this might be your problem. If you know the screen to be good I would suspect the connection at the back of the screen

If this still shows issues with an external monitor, you have a problem with your graphics chip on the motherboard

the short cable running from the power button to the main board has probably snapped where it passes over the RH hinge. remove the screen surround to gain access to the power on switch area and check. it would seem to be a common fault with the packard bell

Something on the mother board is misconfigured or the mother board has gone bad.

Try the link . . . www.laptop-problem-solution.com

For find your best solution.

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Hey, Blackchuck, try this
When you power up, try to get into BIOS and see what you get.
Let me know and we'll go from there.
Ron-