Laptop died and has been replaced

[j2mcgreg]

I gave up on the Acer and bought a new HP Probook to replace it. I made sure that the bios for the HP was not an InsydeH20 product before I bought it. I will take Steve0's advice and cannibalize the Acer for spare parts before I turf the carcass.

[duane]

I once spilled most of a large cup of hot chocolate inside a Compaq desktop. I only retired it years later because it was getting too slow with all the stuff that runs in browsers these days.
I waited about a month before I touched it. At times like that I am so glad I have lots of used computers around to switch to.

[penguin]

Definitely Lenovo. If you find X220 /T420 or any latter version.Hat up for Lenovo

The easiest to clean, without removal any screw HP8470P , or HP8460P .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSjAw-Mckzg

I own a HP8470P . A little bit heavy but very solid.Very easy to clean.No overheating problems(generally stay cool at 35-40 Celsius grade or less) If you find a machine like this equiped with CPU i7 (or CPU i5), mount a SSD for a 20-25 Dollars and you will love it.

[j2mcgreg]

The main reason that I chose this particular model is that its bios allows a legacy install (I thoroughly checked the bios before purchase). Moving forward, I know that UEFI is the preferred method, but now I have a proven fall back if I encounter hidden glitches with a uefi install.