Recent content by dreamboatannie

Thanks, and yes I did pull the battery. Lucky for me, that was the problem. I've got a new one (and an external drive) wishlisted on Amazon. After 8 1/2 months of unemployment, I DO NOT want to buy a new laptop. I'm writing this on it right now. :wahoo:

I've already gotten some pretty good hints on this forum, but I thought I'd ask anyway based on the old 'what is the last thing you did before the problem started?' question. The laptop has been running hot for quite some time. I bought a fan, still hot. I was getting ready to buy an external...