Now Playing: "Everything For Everyone" by Everclear on "So Much For The Afterglow"
The good news is that there is still no ticking noises. The bad news is that it still doesn't sleep correctly and still takes a couple pushes of the power button to start up. Thanks to this article I think it might be the internal battery. Now I just need to get a replacement battery and put it in without breaking anything (more). I'll have to read through the articles I found a little more carefully and then decide the best course of action. But go me for fixing the ticking problem.
And now back to senior project stuff. And I thought the quarter was over...