On Wednesday, May 1, 2013 5:42:58 AM UTC-7, dogger wrote:
Hi Gents I left my ipaq 4700 unplugged for a couple of years and now it seems to be really dead. I plugged it in for a couple of days and hit the soft reset, nothing, no light at the top. Is there anyway to revive this little guy? Nick Kennedy

Very likely you will need to replace the battery. At least it's easy on the 4700 series! With it plugged in, you might try a hard reset, which involves holding at least three of the buttons (I don't remember which) and hitting the recessed reset button with the stylus. I don't have the procedure handy, but I've found it by 'googling' it before.