So, I finally took apart my old laptop (Dell E1705/9400) that randomly died last March or April, and asides from dust, it looks pretty normal. I have no idea what the problem was, but I really wonder where to even begin. Maybe I'll see if dusting it off and clearing up whatever there is in there will fix it, and then make sure the circuits are all clean. If that doesn't do the trick, then maybe I'll take it to be repaired when I have the money. Normally I wouldn't care but that laptop had a intel core 2 duo processor and a 7900gs GPU, and a 17" screen.