Well, I pushed some air through it with a syringe - not that hard, I didn't think - loaded up the carto, pressed the button away from my mouth, just in case, aaand...
Dead as a doornail. Absolutely nothin'. Didn't even heat up.
Crap. Another one bites the dust.
Well, glad your still here though! (a bit late to the party here but read through this thread as a book, building towards the climax, which ended well. So thats good.)