On Tue, 26 Sep 2006 16:19, you wrote: > Andrew Errington wrote re: > >> Is anyone here a laptop repair specialist, or able to recommend one? > > > > I repair my own. It's a bit fiddly, and the ease of fixin' depends on > > exactly what is wrong. It's handy that I have about 4 instances of the > > same model for moving parts around. The trickiest fix I have done is > > to replace the backlight on the LCD screen. Next time I won't replace > > the CCFL tube, I'll hook up some white LEDs instead. > > Sounds like a genuine talent! :-)
Yes. I am genuinely talented. <snip> > ..Typical!.. A nice laptop bought new 37 months ago, and well looked > after since. Came with a 1-year warranty ex-Shanghai, with a purchasable > extension to 3 years. ..Now I'm wondering if I saved that cost, or could > I have argued that I just slipped inside the warranty period somehow? > Planned obsolescence?? Probably. Time for a new one. And in general it is not worth the money for extended warranties. <snip> > ouch! - Any other ideas? Buy an identical model from TradeMe. Move your hard drive to it. Run MEMTEST86 just to see if it isn't bad RAM (an easy fix- and bad RAM can manifest itself in bizarre ways). Buy a new laptop. Twice as good and half the price of the one you had. A
