>> My problem is the similar style connector used for UTP ethernet on >> laptops. >> >> Ever had the pins get hosed up in your laptop ethernet connector? >> Pretty much have to swap out the motherboard to resolve that one. %-) >> > >I actually haven't experienced that specific problem firsthand yet, and >neither have I heard of anyone I personally know experiencing it. I do >however know that in the case of my 6 or 7 year old HP Omnibook 6100, it >would be cheaper to buy a new laptop than it would be to replace it's >motherboard if you where to include labour costs, which reminds me that I >still have to order a new cooling module for it. I have been operating it >the past two or three years without any active cooling... I am amazed that >it's survived the things that I have put it through! You should have seen what these bods were doing to a couple of Toshiba laptops (one of them an unprotected toughbook) on the gadget Show last Tuesday ... http://gadgetshow.five.tv/jsp/5gsmain.jsp?lnk=401§ion=Consumer&show=s5e7&featureid=233&description=Laptops:%20banged,%20chilled,%20dunked%20and%20blown%20up. The Toughbook still worked after the explosion ... -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist