Not quite a new fella to computer building and repair, had a C64 then Tandy something that couldn't play a mp3 file till i upped the ram to i think 1mb but went to hog heaven when i bought a compaq sewing machine portable (predecessor of the laptop) and was a node on the Fido net. I took that compaq apart so many times because every day it would cut off i would take apart and put back together and it would work fine for another day. took me 2 weeks of this before on a forum like this (BBS) i found out it was overheating and just moved an expansion card over a slot and problem solved. Been working...