I came to this forum after my screen went south, trying to find out if this is chronic problem or not.

Looks like it is. :-(

I was probably on my fifth reboot when it failed. I just got a replacement from CompUSA with no hassle, but haven't plugged it in yet to try it (will do that after this message is posted -- boy I'm nervous)

So now I wonder if I should reboot the thing around 10 times to try to see if it survives them all. As long as I'm within my CompUSA return window, I should be able to swap with no hassle -- should.

fwiw the bad one was from Estonia -- and so is the replacement.

Now to give it a try...