DW's laptop died on her last week and refused to power up again. I disassembled it to see if there were any obvious problems I could address (loose power jack, etc.), or if I could see any obvious giveaways that the thing was useless (scorch marks on the motherboard, etc.).

Naturally, DDnearly7 found the process interesting. Not as naturally, non-technical DW found it even more so, occasionally exclaiming, "That's so cool!"... a sentiment that draws many of us to technology in the first place.

DD got her own laptop for Christmas.