On Mon, 28 Feb 2011 00:05:50 -0800 Robert Munro <[email protected]> dijo:
>-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >Hash: SHA1 > >On Sat, 26 Feb 2011 18:26:03 -0800, John Jason Jordan ><[email protected]> wrote: >> >> While visiting with a couple of friends this afternoon they showed >> me a Sony Vaio PCG-691L computer that is broken. The problem is that >> the power connector is kaput. The battery is currently dead, but >> they told me that even when it was charged the computer would not >> boot. > >My daughter dropped off a Sony Vaio laptop several years ago that she'd >used at college, saying it wouldn't turn on anymore and she thought the >power switch might be broken. I never tried to get it fixed, because it >was about six years old by then and she didn't seem anxious about that. > >But maybe it's just the power switch on your friends' Sony Vaio laptop. >If so, and Sony used the same switch for years, it might not cost much. > >Robert > >PS - If anyone wants a couple of old P3 laptops, that Sony Vaio and an >HP Omnibook 6000 with a dead hard drive are both *free* for the asking. I searched on eBay and there are at least half a dozen sellers offering DC power connectors for prices under $10. I am guessing that this is a common failure in this particular laptop. I told my friends to shop on eBay and maybe they can fix it themselves. There is also a seller offering a diagnosis for $10, cost of repair to be determined after he has it in his hands and has looked at it. If he can't fix it the diagnosis is free. One way or another it looks like their PCG-691L is repairable. Now, if I could just get them to put Linux on it. _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
