Thanks for your insights. My laptop is past its warranty period, so it looks like I'll be improvising for a while. I've learned the lesson that you get what you pay for: this was a cheap laptop:(
Hello all, I'm new here, and I have a major problem. I own a Hyperdata model 7321 laptop (yes, it sucks) with a mobile AMD processor, 640 MB of RAM of which 32 megs is being shared as vid memory, and WinXP Home. Here's my problem: about a month ago, I was using my laptop, and I smelled something...