I have been asked to look at a Sharp laptop (Japanese). The professor (I will not give his name) accidentally shorted the USB connector and now it appears the high voltages have been suppressed. At any rate, the LCD is totally black, you can hear the hard drive spin up and that is all. The website that supports this laptop is in Japanese so it is not much help for me since I only read and speak english, somewhat :-). Does anyone know where I can take this to have it checked out or can offer suggestions and/or help? Thanks, -- Adell Flourry, Jr. Computer Assistant, A+ ======================================= Family & Child Ecology/CDL Michigan State University 107 Human Ecology Building East Lansing, MI 48824-1030 Email: [log in to unmask] Web Site: http://www.msu.edu/~flourry1