"scott" <sco### [at] laptopcom> wrote in message 
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>>>> Any other ideas while I have it open tonight?  Does the 95% behaviour
>>> sound like what happens if you try to boot with no CPU?
>>
>> I have a Fujitsu-Siemens laptop at work and I can tell you the the 
>> motherboards die regulary. I had a similar behaviour. In the end it 
>> didn't boot.
>
> Hmmm, well I reseated the CPU last night and was all excited when it 
> booted first time and appeared to work.  But then after about 10 minutes I 
> clicked on something and it died instantly.  Haven't been able to boot it 
> since. Sounds like it could be a motherboard problem them.  But the fact 
> that it dies because of some mechanical shock indicates to me it is some 
> lose connection, and can be fixed...

Or a poor through-link on the multiilayer PC board that's fatigued from 
repeated heat expansion and contraction, to the point of barely 
connecting...

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