i bought a CQ40-401AX last tuesday (21/4), with 2GB RAM and Vista SE.

i started having problems by thursday, and by saturday, the whole system went down.

yesterday the unit was sent to hp service centre, where the technician checked the unit and reported of a suspected faulty system board.

nevertheless, i got my replacement unit today, though the vendor does not seem to be happy with the term 'suspected' used by hp.

question: since all i ever did besides using the net was play NWN 2, could it be that CQ40 is not safe enough to play a 2006 title without burning or is it just a faulty unit?

got mine from navotech

now i'm afraid to do anything with the new unit other than using openoffice lol.

system can't even boot, no display whatsoever.. just blinking caps and num lock lights. and it was not ram problem either, confirmed on that.

the thing i'm afraid of is the display got fried after playing NWN2 (medium and low setting only), cause i'm planning on trying fallout 3 afterwards

hope the replacement unit will fare better.