You've given me more avenues to explore, I will edit this post with more results!
Edit: Well the first thing I need to report is that the MB is no longer booting without the charger connected. If it has just the battery it doesn't want to boot at a…
Hey John, thanks for the thorough and comprehensive response. While waiting for a reply I dido exactly what you recommended. I tested each RAM slot with new RAM, Samsung 2GB Modules exactly the same as the ones in the machine with no notable differe…