Laptop Back Online and Operational

Phew. Looks like the laptop is back online and isn't crashing. The techie came out and immediatly knew the problem- he installed a brand new processor and motherboard and the computer worked fine. He ran a BIOS like I had before and reached a similar conclusion: It locked up during a BIOS scan so the motherboard went bad. I'll be knocking on wood and hopefully everything will be back to somewhat normal soon.