@nancycohan73. To be completely fair to this seller, he's been open and honest about this laptop. As for being completely fried, unless it took a direct lightning hit, it's most likely great for a salvage operation, to be parted out. Best case is that all it needs is a power supply and maybe an operating system installed.
I would count on parts, and go from there. Can't lose with free shipping anyhow. I got a great working Dell M90 a couple of months ago just this way.