I definitely won't tell them that I think the surge protector was the problem! LOL! I've had that same surge protector for the past 7-8 years maybe, and it is a cheap one too, so maybe it isn't good. Thank God this happened before the 30 days. Hopefully they'll deal with it nicely and exchange it with no problems. Off to the computer store in the morning....boo hoo hoo!

Ps. It won't reboot with the CD....just gives me an error when I do that......and that makes me think something 'internal' blew up.....which also makes me think it was a surge.