Yeah, me too!
I've been lamenting the fact that it wouldn't boot for almost a year and a half now, and for some reason, I never thought that it might be that cable causing the problem.
So, aside from occasionally bringing it out to charge the brand new (as of mid to late 2010) bought-at-Amazon.com battery, and poking at it to see if it somehow "magically" fixed itself, it just languished in the closet.
Such is life...
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