Thanks everyone for your help. And pat as I was traveling over to the Blue Point strip on welfare rd. just 40 ft on the opposite side is an I-store. A. Girl named Flo looked at my iPad and said you don't need a battery, your iPad crashed. She had it rebooted in 2 minutes. Go figure. And no charge. Also on YouTube you can learn how to change an iPad battery, but it's a difficult project and very time consuming. Definitely not my cup of tea. Thanks again. Gil