re: #79 laZardo
That would make my 2004 Dell laptop a goddamn survivor. It’s had individual parts replace but no complete conkout yet.
The only major problem I’ve had yet were of the HDD variety, this last time due to a corrupted BOOT file that forced me to do a total restore to factory-defaults. Unfortunately, I’ve not the money right now to afford even a cheap replacement, so I’m soldiering on until either the motherboard or video card expire (knock on wood) or until I can get a better paying job.