ouch but not the most ouch I've seen (like whole screen ripped off a
Toshiba that fell of a lecture theater podium)... I'd at least take
it in for inspection, They will charge a fee to take it apart to do a
proper inspection.
Though a new case surround might be more $$$ than you'd recoup in
improved sales value though.
my main PowerBook (I'm old school still use and prefer my TiBook)
actually had something puncture the screen lid a couple of years
back but fortunately did no damage to the screen or back light
(Whew!)
I found a dead and gutted TiBook in the Quokka (no battery, screen,
backlight, memory, hard disk or DVD just the dead mother board and
case) that was being advertised for a little over $100 ... so I'd
say look around you might get lucky
sad pictures
http://www.oofile.com.au/files/misc/PBDropped-2006-12-07a.jpg
http://www.oofile.com.au/files/misc/PBDropped-2006-12-07b.jpg
Fully functioning - "crash-zone" effect worked nicely and it didn't
even reboot.
Resale value has plummeted :-(
Most importantly - the power plug needs to be held in place to
overcome the frame warp shown above.
Any suggestions?
1) external pressure
2) take it apart myself
3) technician time?
stupid, stupid, stupid.....
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Mark Secker Computer Support Officer
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University of Western Australia - CRICOS Provider No. 00126G
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