Thanks for the information Stepdad.

My current computer is giving me huge issues and I'm afraid to turn it off or have it shut down because of over heating because I never know if I'll be able to get it to turn on again.  The other day it took 3 hours and 20 minutes of  on - off - on - off - on - off using the back switch and the front power on button in order to get it to turn on and boot up after it over heated.  Once it's on it runs fine that is unless it over heats and shuts down.  And I can even restart it without a problem. The problem is getting it on from an OFF state. It's a huge PITA.

Once I get the new computer I'm going to transfer the files from the old to the new and then use the old one as a learning machine in order to understand how to take a computer apart and put it together. If in the process I can manage to fix it myself, that's a bonus!  But at least it will give me some confidence  to learn how the insides of a computer go together without having to worry that I'm destroying my one and only computer. If I destroy the old one in the process I don't really care, hehe

I was going to give the old one to my nephew but I've decided to learn from it instead. If I don't I'll never know how to do anything with a computer.

"It is good to see ourselves as others see us. Try as we may, we are never
able to know ourselves fully as we are, especially the evil side of us.
This we can do only if we are not angry with our critics but will take in good
heart whatever they might have to say." - Ghandi