i take this thing apart like i just knew i would never get it back together correctly. :mad: so, i get my small screwdrivers together and my soldering iron and solder. but i figured what the heck? what have i got to lose? if i ruin it i am not out anything because i would have had to replace the monitor anyhow. i am a handy guy but had never done anything that tedious :eek. anyhow, i did get online long enough to discover people discussing the soldering fix. i would do all kinds of things in an attempt to clear it - the self test worked sometimes. i had intermitant occurances for about a week. nothing cleared it so i rebooted several times and it fixed itself. i left my pc on and when i came back 30 minutes later it had the 'white screen of death'. i have had my 15' fs dell since august 2003.