I've taken it to Best Buy, and they insist I need a new laptop for at least $1,000.00 to get a good one; even if that's true, I can't afford that right now. My son has a high school friend who's a computer genuis and has helped us many times - he says it needs a new graphics card. A couple of days ago, it started showing stripes, either horizontally or diagonally, and the screen "shakes" - don't know how else to describe it; it blurs, and we get blotches or the stripes and can't read the machine. Is this familiar to anyone? I hate walking into a tech center with what appears to be a sign that says "Hi, I'm a big dope -- screw me all you'd like!" Problem being, I AM a dope when it comes to this sort of thing...I appreciate any help (IBM Thinkpad with Windows XP; 80 GB hard drive, 512MB RAM -- if this helps at all.....
2006-07-25
10:35:04
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Honeybee
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