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Jonathan Roberts wrote: > Thanks for the reply Neil, I'll see to all of this first thing in the > morning! > > I'll also keep in mind about asking about hardware problems on the list > in the future but I think this problem wouldn't have been solved: my > laptop's power connection had started to interrupt so it was pretty > clear, at least I thought it was, that the problem lay with either the > power cable or the connection to the system itself. Add to this that the > laptop was still (just barely) in warranty so the repairs were all free. > In actual fact the repair people replaced the motherboard on the > laptop. Compaq did the same to me too, only in my case all that was wrong was that the PCMCIA eject button had snapped off. A two inch piece of plastic on a spring. So they replaced the entire motherboard. No I don't know why either, aside from 'it's easier than bothering to fix it' which I don't happen to agree with, but there you go :) Kind regards, Julian -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html