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 ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 15.0 To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 -----------------------------------------------------