All my 100 series books including the 150 turn on when plugged in, lid closed. Open and it will come on. Reset button always brings chimes, my suggestion is unplug Jedi board from motherboard, let it set a while overnight as to let any charge, static or otherwise disapate. Then plug in Top case and plug in power cord. If yours is t turning on use power button as the reset button just doesn't do what it does on the desktops. That's the luck I have had. When I am done using it I close all apps and then just unplug it. Again the shutdown option seems to lock it down hard.