Sure thing! As with all such dark arts, I have found there are a few other folks on the internet who repair their own laptops. comp.sys.laptops is a good place to start. There are also a few sites selling replacement parts like keyboards, touchpads, drives, etc. If you need things like the very fine ribbon cables used in laptops, go with an electronic components distributor... my favorite is digi-key which has very low shipping rates.
Dan On Mon, 2006-11-27 at 00:02 -0500, J. Milgram wrote: > Thanks for the encouragement. I think you're probably right, time to > take matters into my own hands. I finally figured out how to get to the > screws that hold the lid together, so at some point I'll open it up and > see what I can see. Gotta line up a backup first :) > > thanks > Judah > > Dan Lenski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I'm afraid not... *no one* will work on laptops at local shops. And if > > they say they will, what they mean is they'll send it back to the > > manufacturer for repair, and slap on an extra fee for you. And if you > > get the manufacturer to repair it, they'll just be replacing parts. > > > > If you want to keep an old laptop going, the only thing to do is to > > repair it yourself. I've repaired a laptop display, replaced a laptop > > touchpad cable, cleaned out a fan, soldered a power connector back to > > the motherboard, and otherwise voided my warranty repeatedly. > > > > But it has kept my 4.5 year old laptop going, at least... > > > > Dan > > > > On Fri, 2006-11-24 at 13:54 -0500, J. Milgram wrote: > > > Anyone know a place locally that'll work on a laptop? The display on my > > > Averatec is getting wanky but it's acting like a loose connection so > > > there's hope that it'll be easy enough to fix to make it worthwhile. > > > > > > thanks... > > > Judah > >
