sorry folks,

My laptop has just been through a very long day of surgery. I just had to solder in a new power jack, and its after 11 pm. I'll be posting soon, but this computer problem has set me back a few days. I still have a blown diode somewhere in the battery charging system, so I'm writing this with a small short circuit which may melt my handywork or kill the power brick at any time. Too bad. This has been a good computer...Time to start shopping...