So this afternoon at lunch I stop into a neighborhood cafe to drink some tea and catch us when I plug in my A/C Adapter, plug in my laptop and discover it's not detecting power.  The A/C Adapter is functional as indicated by the light being on.

Thinking maybe my laptop is just being dumb, I try to power it on.  No response.  I try without the adapter plugged in.  No response.  I try without the battery.  No response.  I put on my robe and wizard hat.  No response.

It was raining en route to work, but I've been caught in downpours before and the bag has successfully insulated the laptop, and even when it's gotten a little wet on the surface, it's worked fine.  It showed no signs of wetness at lunchtime.

It's a low-end Acer Aspire 3680 that has worked fine since I bought it a year or so ago.  I am worried the motherboard is dead on this thing, but I cannot believe it would suddenly die like that without prior indications.  Previous computers would short out before such a thing happened, and this unit's had no problems aside from occasionally slow loading times.  In fact, I had it on last night, the last tiem it was on, and it worked totally fine.  I had it in my Targus bag, but don't recall banging it into anything, and have generally treated it well.  So there was no prior indication that something was wrong.

So before I start taking next-step measures to save the hard drive before dropkicking the unit out the door and stockpiling to buy a new unit, any ideas on what I can do to address this, or what might have happened?

Also, needless to say, the punctuality of the Minor League Wrap-Up is up in the air until further notice.  Nevermind, I left it sitting open in case it needed to air-dry, and it came on about an hour ago, so HUZZAH.