$4,500 for a *laptop?! * You could buy 2 for that, and name brands, too. Thanks for reminding me, I have to get recertified next month (Dell tech certs are only good for a year. Looks like they soak everyone in their own way)

I can't get over them having you take apart a laptop. Especially the system board. I have to tell you, that unless someone has remanufactured mobos (motherboads), the only place you'll get a motherboard for that is Dell.  Lots of tiny screws, tiny little snaps, ZIF cables (Zero Insertion Force, flat ribbon cables that are easy to tear or fray), and tiny little wires to here and there (well, on IBM/Lenovos, I've been inside those more recently)

It's also amazing they've taken this long. you have my sympathies. Good luck, and hopefully the next laptop won't be a Dell...;)

I wish I'd said that.. The Staircase Wit

anahl nathrak uth vas betude doth yel dyenvey..;)