air conditioner - how to test -- discard? service?

[Guest guest]

We have an air conditioner that is an in-window air conditioner that goes kind

of out of the window and has no drip pan (just drips to the street).

I am wondering if this may be the source of mold.

Is there any way I could get this tested? If I had it serviced would they clean

out the mold? Should I just throw it away and start over? It is hard to see in

the back but it seems there COULD be mold in the back in kind of the

compressor/blower area. We can see something there but it is just basically

impossible to really see it or to reach it for testing.

I can just throw it away and wait until next season to get a new one. However,

I don't want to throw it away without more positively knowing if it is the

source or a source of mold -- you know? I am going to throw away as much stuff

as possible if and when we move but I will not throw away absolutely everything.

I know the spores could possibly be in everything.

But just wondering if anyone has advice on how to start with the air

conditioner. We only have one.

Thanks

Lori