Forgive me if this is not an appropriate forum for a question like this, but it was all I could find that seemed to be relevant to my situation at all.
I purchased an HP 50g calculator for one of my university classes about a year and a half ago, and used it moderately for the duration of the year. In that time the calculator worked fine, but near the end it started to show low battery alerts, and changing to fresh batteries would not resolve the problem. I ignored it, as the calculator seemed to work fine regardless. Now, I am unable to get the calculator to power on whatsoever, even removing the main and backup batteries and resetting will not allow the thing to turn on.
I'm wondering if anybody would have any suggestions as to what may have caused this problem. I require the calculator for my course, and would be very frustrated to have to buy a new one after only moderate use and a fairly short timespan. I am handy with a soldering iron, so even if it's a known hardware failure I would be able to open the device up and replace some components if needed.
Anybody have any idea what's going on?