chamblin

Hmmm. I don't know if that is comforting or not. But I think you are right because I seem to have exhausted most of the non-hardware possibilities. The other thing that I noticed when I lifted the laptop off the desk the last time it died was it was absolutely ROASTING on the bottom righthand side. I mean really, really hot. So maybe it is overheating.

Can you advise me (or direct me to a page that can advise me) how to perform the manouveur you suggest above removing and connecting up the harddrive to the new machine. I've never operated on a laptop (except installing the RAM) and I wouldn't even know where to begin.

Thanks for the advice

Carrie