well, then.

i went to check the model number on the vista machine by booting into the bios and the screen is blank. it's not outputting to the monitor i'm using, either. what i should get is an error that the hard drive is broken; that's what i got last week.

this is the laptop i was using for the last six weeks, with no discernible problems. i would like to turn it into an effects processor. but, if it won't turn on...

the immediate diagnosis is video. but, that doesn't make any sense.

i'm not going to buy parts for a machine that won't turn on. but, i don't want to throw it out, either.

let me think about this.