yeah i got an aspire about 5 years ago and within a year the videocard connections mustve over heated or something because if i put my knee under the video card and applied force across the top edges and pressed down it would word (provided i used consistant pressure in exactly the right spots. i tried taking it apart to figure out exactly where to see if i could fix it, but i couldnt and managed to accidently rip out one of my usb ports, the tiny ribbon cable they use to connect the keyboard to the mobo, and rip off all my audio ports... so it was pretty effed by the time i was done.