Thanks, but I know it couldn't be any of those things, as he never has had anything magnatised such as speakers near his laptop. He does bring it to work on the weekends with him, but he still is very careful with it.
From what it looked to me, is that the laptop motherboard shorted out somehow, would those problems relate to those of a motherboard that shorted out?
At least if the computer is no good, I guess we can salvage the hard drive out of it, and put it in a new laptop, if he ever gets one
