Come on, you get a working graphics card and muffins! What's to not love? ;-)
On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 9:09 AM, Mark Wallace <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't think that I will try this at home. > > > > On Fri, 2011-04-22 at 07:59 -0400, Cranky Frankie wrote: >> When last I reported about my Acer Aspire One netbook that had had the >> DC input jack repaired, it was running OK on AC but would still >> randomly shut down when running on either the original 6 cell battery >> or a newer 9 cell battery (with both batteries showing up as fully >> charged in the OS). I'd tried flashing the bios, reinstalling the OS, >> and had it to Liberteks in Albany twice. Having it run without >> problems on AC was fine but it is a netbook after all so it should be >> portable. >> >> I was ready to just get rid of it when I decided to bring it back to >> Liberteks one more time. Well, now it finally appears they fixed it - >> it now, finally, runs on the battery and on AC without shutting down >> randomly. The best part is how they fixed it: they claim they removed >> the motherboard and baked it in an oven! The only thing I can imagine >> is they wanted to reheat any cold solder joints, but wouldn't any heat >> high enough to melt solder destroy the components on the board? Unless >> maybe cold solder joints don't have to be reheated "all the way?" I >> don't know what it was, I've never heard of doing this before, but >> apparently it works. >> >> I really, really hope the damn thing just works now. >> > > -- > Mark > > > Robert Mark Wallace > 60 Delaware Road > Newburgh, NY 12550-3802 > Telephone: (845) 566-0586 > > _______________________________________________ > Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org > http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug > > Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium > May 4 - Inkscape > Jun 1 - Zimbra > Jul 6 - Jul 2011 > -- LITTLE GIRL: But which cookie will you eat FIRST? COOKIE MONSTER: Me think you have misconception of cookie-eating process. _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium May 4 - Inkscape Jun 1 - Zimbra Jul 6 - Jul 2011
