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thanks for the info nice to hear from someone who has actually tried to fix this problem and come to a conclusion. even if its not what i wanted to hear.

what are you going to do if you can not fix it? i see tons of broken notebooks sell on ebay.

nope

wow 2 minutes thanks scott

checking out the asus site i think its possible this model may have a reset hole on the bottom. At least i see some mention of a reset hole in a similar notebook i just purchased, but there was no picture to show where it is. can anyone tell me what i might be looking for, or where this might...

First let me thank you for the links and advice. I am sure they will be helpful. sure a new i5-2310 laptop for $200 bucks. not happening not even if you wait in line for 12 hours. not even when they advertise an item when they only have 2 available. not even if i just include ANY I5 3rd...

nice answer mesab66 Thanks I really appreciate it. When and if i decide to open it up, what would i be looking for?

I always look forward to the responses I get here on tomshardware.com Some are great and others seem really negative and are not much help. I am not sure what calling it a crap laptop accomplishes, and i don't think the laptop is to blame for its previous user dropping it, or this users...

Really good point Azathoth where do you find those adapters? Yes upgradeable to 32GB of ram. 32GB 4*8GB of notebook ram can be found for under $100

Good point. If it has raid options then it has two drive bays. Hoping to find a notebook with these specs that retails under 1k. Then I can probably find it for around $600 or less.

I am looking for a notebook computer with two hard drive bays and that can run 32gb of memory. also needs usb 3 and esata and should have a 2nd gen core i5 or better. When i find a good deal on a computer i think i might like i am having a very difficult time finding out if it has two drive...

I Think I broke my laptop. asus K55A-BBL4 I picked up this notebook with a cracked screen (for less than the CPU alone has sold recently on eBay) and was attempting to replace the screen when it died on me. To give you an idea of what I know about computers. I build desktop systems and buy...

ok thanks for all the great answers i will update you with what happens. the purchase has been postponed a bit.

have not looked at that one is it android or ?

oh man i missed it that would have been perfect. i would have put an ssd in there anyway so don't need the drive.