yeah good luck! I've had more than my share of computer problems. A year ago my laptop's motherboard and graphic chip melted, sent it to repair, came back like brand new. A month ago or so, almost the same problem, wouldn't even turn on (kept going on a loop : on... off....on...off) so we asked a tech guy in a shop and he told us (as I already read on the net) that the thing was flawed from factory, i.e. that same model had caused that same problem to everybody, meaning mb death after a year of 20 h a day use (like me).

So I said screw it I'm going to get me a desktop pc, what do I need a laptop for anyway. We gave the tech guy the old thing, he said he could use those pieces, and he gave us some used parts, which I am now using to write this post. All except the case, keyboard and monitor, which I have since 1998.

Yes. I am writing on a 12 year old keyboard. :-)