My M35 finally died when I couldn't get it to keep a charge. The power connector became loose, and even though I bought a new connector and tried to solder it myself, I never got it to work properly. I found this was a common issue with the M35 from various forums that helped me troubleshoot the issue. Here are the instructions if you want to try this out for yourself. http://www.laptoprepair101.com/laptop/2007/07/16/s...