Yeah, I think it's the inevitable. It also is a challenge. There haven't been any signs of Things To Come with the beastie which makes me think it is something like a loose wire or dust or something easy. That being said, I'm looking at other systems though I don't need a monitor and I am saying no to Vista at this point in time.

Part of me thinks though that it IS fixable....I generally check it periodically and have found no signs of corruption. While I have a laptop so there's no emergency on the repair or purchase, the laptop is four years old so it is on its way out too.