[memphisdave]

Hey, Roy....

With you on the virtual memory, and shoulda mentioned that. Almost dead on with 3058 and 4096 set up respectively. BWRO..before warranty ran out several months ago.. I had Dell techs on two occasions via the virtual route try to figure out why the cpu didn't or would register as not running up to full speed. Either they didn't know, or being a poss language conflict, didn't understand what I was trying to get them to do, etc. Nothing showed up as being out of the ordinary, etc. All in all, the laptop seems to work as it should. And that is the biggest reason I'd kinda like to keep it around for a while, ya know? Seems like so many things now require or recommend the dual processor capability these days. Heck, ya can't even buy a little Logitech webcam that doesn't need a dually to do it's thing correctly...lol.

Got an estimate or two from a couple real good LAN guys I know about putting in a new hdd. May just get up the nerve to attempt it myself and save the 'labor', etc.

Appreciate your continued advice and help, man. For sure!

Dave