HP will be able to arrange for repair of your laptop, regardless of warranty state - though it won't be free. (HP uses 3rd party authorised repairer here in Australia). I think the standard "open it up and look" charge is around $150 which if you go ahead with the repair is absorbed as part of the total cost. Unfortunately though I don't think they will only replace components not repair them (viz. with a soldering iron) so you are likely to be up for a new system board (motherboard).
While having Linux would be a hindrance for them, which is not unreasonable, if you provide it to them with a harddisk they should be able to boot it with a disk of their choosing. I have done this in the past and haven't had an issue. I imagine a lot of people with broken machines are not keen to hand over their data to a repairer, so it won't be an uncommon situation. Regards, Martin [email protected] On 12 October 2011 13:56, meryl <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I suspect either my ethernet port has failed or perhaps it's the > networking chipset on my motherboard. I contacted HP who were useless > because > 1. my notebook is just out of waranty and > 2. I'm a 'naughty' Linux user (tisk, tisk!). > > So can anyone recommend a reputable notebook repairer in Sydney / > / Northern Beaches / Nth Shore area that could troubleshoot and fix my > problem. I'd rather not patch it up with a PCMCIA ethernet card if I can > avoid it. > > cheers, > Meryl > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
