I popped my ME disk in just for poos and giggles. It said there was no HD.
I sent it down the road. My gut tells me it's the mobo but told her to get a 2nd opinion from someone with some actual training. I'm fine for simple hardware changes but I'm no pc doc. She talked to the lady a geek squad (setting up her new laptop *drool*) and told her what I had tried and she agreed that it's the mobo.
I'd be careful about what Geek Squad tells you. Very careful.. I <i>work</i> at Geek Squad and wouldn't trust even some of the people in my own department to make a diagnosis that's correct.
LOL. In any case, It's apparently over my head. It'd be fun, and a good learning experience to continue to try to fix it myself. But not at the expense of my mom, and we dont have the $ for me to play right now. I'll keep a look out for good deals on parts and if she lets it sit and collect dust (which I'm sure she will) I may tackle the beast again.
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I'm done till I get some more parts in here. I'll try the battery and new fandancy cables and see if those change anything.
I sent it down the road. My gut tells me it's the mobo but told her to get a 2nd opinion from someone with some actual training. I'm fine for simple hardware changes but I'm no pc doc. She talked to the lady a geek squad (setting up her new laptop *drool*) and told her what I had tried and she agreed that it's the mobo.