[Retlaw]

Originally Posted by stetrovers

It turn's out that my laptop was switching on, but there is no image on the screen.
I took it into a computer shop on Blackburn Road, and the chap there reckon's it's the GRAPHIC CARD playing up.
So it look's like a visit to PC World or Comet to get a new laptop.
Thanks for everyone's suggestion's.

I would get a 2nd opinion on that, why should removing the battery, and then replacing it affect the graphics card.
If you get a new one you will have a learning curve if you've never used win 7 before, I've had a computer with win 7 couldn't get my head round the stupid phrasiology, nowts where it should be, gave it to my daughter, she gave it back, said it was crap, must be something wrong with 7, or why is gates rushing out a new OS.