Thank you Colin. I have all my files, except a few newer ones backed up on an external hard drive.

I am not afraid to send it to be "looked" at just don't want to waste 50+$ on a lost cause when I could use that for the purpose of purchasing a newer machine.

If, and I know that with computers the "ifs" are and can be many, the problem is a hardware/motherboard issue then the computer is toast right? The expense would be to much right?

Douglas


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