I have a titanium with a malfunction screen but it is because the video on the motherboard is toast. I think you should check that and whether it boots from an external hard drive then you could get a few bucks for it. -- Ronald G. Weisman. Ph.D. Co-Editor, Comparative Cognition & Behavior Reviews Departments of Psychology and Biology 62 Arch Street Queen's University Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 3N6 phone: 613.540.4150 fax: 613.533.2499