Hi Joe,
Sorry to say their is an epidemic of of failing laptops.
The Danish government is going after Apple, there is a class action against 
Sony, I also heard about problems with HP and Dell...and to my knowledge, it is 
all SJ failures.
I do not know whether it is LF or laptops getting smaller and with more 
functionality and running hot—most likley some combination. I have ssen pictures of 
people using C-clamps on laptop housings to be able to start their laptops—
putting pressure on the SJ fracture surfaces to make electrical contact.
It seems, DfR has never been heard of by this people.
However, your laptop takes the cake for customer...on the other hand, I have 
heard of DOA's right out of the box at distribution centers.



Werner



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