On 20 Feb 98 at 9:38, Craig Atkisson wrote:

> I just recently bought a new mb and case.....upon installing everything,
> the only thing I was getting was power....I wasn't getting anything on my
> monitor. Everything seemed to be connected and securred ok. Thinking that
> Im might have fried the mb in someway....I exchanged it and got another
> one. Now Iam afraid to touch it.....so I decided to call around for
> prices on labor charges...I called Compusa (just for kicks) and they
> where $69.97....a minmum of 3 hrs, I also called a a local store in north
> seattle, and they where $70.00 an hr. My question is...is $70.00 an hr to
> much?

  Well, I've concluded that it's not worth my time to do stuff like
this for less than $60/hr; I do have a couple of $25 specials that I
figure to take about 1/2 hr (and set me up for further/repeat
business).
  Try asking your local car repair place what they bill for labour.

David G