u/Disastrous-Kiwi-7978

I have an HP Omen laptop from a few years back that hasn’t been used in a while. Used to have an issue with it not holding a charge so i know that’s just a battery degradation issue and needs replacing. but when i plug in my charger nothing happens, even when i take out the battery and try to turn it on as just an AC source. i used my multi meter to check if there was any voltage even coming through and the DC jack port and its cable that runs to the motherboard port are all receiving 20V (meaning my charger and the cable to the motherboard are fine). Here’s the kicker tho, the charging port has a light and that light only turns on if i ground out the port myself, the light turns orange but the power button still doesn’t work, no fan spin no nothing, and if i don’t hold it then there’s no light. Any insights?