Hi Pmayerowitz,
I appreciate the update. Power reset is when you press and hold the power button for less than a minute without the battery on the laptop. This is the basic troubleshooting which most of the time resolves some of the simple issues of the computer.
It's good to know that the port replicator is now detected by the laptop. It's possible that there was an automatic update that happened that changed the setting on the system.
Regards,
Jen
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