I agree too, hard drives - generic (sometimes with a plastic surround) cdrom/dvd - generic with a plastic surround memory - sodimm - generic extra cards, wireless, network etc tend to be mini-pci - try ebay. screens - look generic to me, but i could stand correction.
Batteries and power supplies seem to be a pain, again ebay is worth a look. On Mon, 01 Mar 2004 11:48:34 +1300 Craig Falconer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I disagree - having just replaced my old P166 laptop's hard drive with a > newish 30 Gb, it Just Works. > > Most laptop CDROM drives are identical these days... they have a plastic > shell around to make them fit the laptop's bay. > > Of course, real internals are particularly customised, but if you need to > replace a motherboard then it is generally shop-work anyway. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dale Anderson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, 28 February 2004 12:26 a.m. > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: dse OS-less laptop > > > Good luck getting bits for ANY laptop once the warrenty has run out > .....brand names such as HP / Compaq etc are up there with that to ,sure > with some of the *brandname* stuff the parts are available ...but reasonable > and price cant be mentioned in the same sentance ....imho if the build > quality is good (ie the unit itself is of a solid construction) unlike some > of the latest dell etc stuff ...then why not ?.... At the end of the day it > isnt the suppliers who are providing the warrenty parts , and the parts > outside of warrenty are going to be hard to get regardless (wether > physically or being able to afford them ;p ) . Cheers Dale. -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
