[Jace]

tomorrow I am off to the computer shop to find a external laptop hard drive case to see if I can salvage the data on the drive

but it looks to be a motherboard failure, I am working it out with gateway now to see if they will take it back out of warranty because apparently it is a huge problem that everyone is having

but anyway, I am off the chats for a few days and only answering email, and checking the boards

like I told gonzo, if anyone sees one of those huge companies at internext giving away laptops, grab one for me!