Never had this happen before.. my acer aspire laptop just shut down. It didnt feel overheated (thats happened before but not in well over a year, maybe 2 or more years actually).

And i THOUGHT that i heard a repeating faint noise from the power adapter cord/box thing and the light was flashing on that. But then i went to the store and came back, left the laptop plugged in and now the light is solid. I believe its "normally" solid and the blinking part kind of caught my eye, but it might be of no significance.

however, i THINK i might smell something odd... but im also now shoving my nose in the laptop so.... but i opened up the bottom and nothing looks obviously friend or burnt.

the symptoms right now are that the laptop simply wont turn on. Nothing happens when i push power.
i also think i might smell something odd.
power adapter light was blinking and i thought i heard a repeating very faint noise as the laptop shut down/turned off.

its a winXP laptop acer aspire, probably at around 5 years old. i usually had it running 24/7 for the greater part of the last year and a half. Would turn it off when i left for vacation and stuff, but day to day it was running, pretty much just the internet.

please help me figure and fix this!