On 06/08/06 09:25 +0530, Debarshi 'Rishi' Ray wrote: <snip> > systems, all laptops. One whose battery was not detected, one had
Laptops *are* closed systems. The laptop market still isn't as componentised as the PC market (even if you get a chassis, the motherboard and monitor come prefitted, and you simply can't replace components the way it was possible with PCs). > trouble with its Wifi, one had trouble with both its CD-ROM and Wifi, > and one has issues with the sound-card. > > None of these are highly sophisticated H/W (imagine trouble with CD-ROM). > I would just have returned those as defective. *If it doesn't work, return it*. Your problem was most likely with the motherboard though. Devdas Bhagat -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
