Thanks for the suggestions, guys, but I have no idea if I can do either of these things. Would it be worth the expense (incl. labor because I don't know how to do this)? A brand-new 120GB Compaq netbook was on sale the other day for $300ish over here, and I'm guessing that I'd be paying about the same to take this computer to the shop for anything. Assuming that they even take the computer... when the Dell was having troubles, I tried taking it someplace over here and they refused to touch it because the plug was the American kind () and I got this computer at home, as well.