first want to say I've been on this list for quite a while and have always found everyone so helpful and I do learn when others have problems and try to keep the info as never know when I might need it myself - anyhow my question I have an HP laptop that is 8 months old - the port where the power cord went in was broken so it had to be sent back to them (I bought it from Staples so they handled all that) - anyhow I picked it up today and they showed me the work order from HP saying they had put in a new port (not sure if I'm giving it the right name) but that they also had put in a new motherboard - what are the usual symptoms when a motherboard goes bad, is this a common problem for HP laptops and shouldn't they last more than 8 months? I didn't see any problem with it except for not being able to plug it into elctricity - I'm just curious as the laptop is working great - Dolores -- <Please delete this line and everything below.> To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk