I thought I would post why I have lacked on posts and working on the site lately. Well my Dell Inspiron 5160 that I purchased in October of 2004 has a power socket issue (it won't power at all). Dell admits it is a common problem, I know this because Fred (as he named himself) from Dell of India said it was known to have problems. My warranty ran out at the end of October in 2005. Even though Dell admits to producing laptops with the problem (Inspiron 5150, 5160, etc.) they will not fix it. I think this is horrible customer service and should realize their engineering mistakes and correct the problem.

I may end up opening the laptop myself and use my Pro soldering skills to see if I can fix it up. Anyways, this link was very helpful in my research of my problem. As well as this link. I will say, Dell will never sell me another laptop. Not after this problem, I don't sink hundreds of dollars into a piece of equipment that lasts a little over a year and then shits on you.

/End of my rant