I'd love to pull the trigger on an e5300 but cannot find a retailer that will guarantee the newer version with VT. May go with the e3300 celery instead.

Unfortunately not many retailers advertise the SPEC code. Are the E5300's currently available from Newegg, etc SLGTL's?

Mendelsons, www.meci.com. Give them a call if you don't see what you like on their website. They have TONS of electronics stuff.

Or maybe the motherboard/cpu were non-functional to begin with.

jhhoffma wrote:Don't just let it air dry with water. Most water has a bunch of crap in it that will make things worse. Use the same IPA on all the contact films

Bells Hopslam? Never thought to use beer to clean my keyboard.

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