And that will void your warrantee. Though from the sound of things that might not matter much.

Averatec-brand computers - or, at least, their 3700 series - are (a) crappy in both design and manufacturing quality and (b) nearly impossible to do any hardware fixes or upgrades in. And © their customer service, including RMA for repairs, is terrible - I understand you can send the computer in with one problem and it'll come back with that first problem fixed, but damaged in a different way due to repairs.

I've already tried to repair one in my non-Averatec shop, and I may have broken it already - I don't know if it powered on or not when it was first brought in, but it sure doesn't now. There's a ribbon connector that you have to disconnect to get to the RAM (you have to eviscerate the computer to get to it), and that connector connects the motherboard to the power button... problem is, the hair-thin wires inside connectors like that can break if you so much as sneeze. Which is why laptops from reputable brands (Dell, HP, Toshiba, etc.) don't use those kinds of cables.

Uhm, okay. Noted.

It's a bad idea to buy a machine like that unless you're using it for target practice or a door-stop.

A'right.