Laptop problemss....

[NozSpark]

Is there a virus on this forum or something? ?

no sooner has Sidey sorted his HDD problem, then my laptop screen goes U/S... got about an inch wide swathe down the RHS that is just multi coloured LCD has been damaged from what I can tell...

Managed to get a replacement from e-bay for

 

[steptoe]

windoze?

put *nix on it and double its value.

:slap

 

[NozSpark]

I did run Ubuntu on it for quite a while, but after one update I found that it was dropping the WiFi connection all the time so I went back to XP

 

[steptoe]

a few issues like that have been known,

that is why for my day to day I use LTS and then I'll mess with other stuff as an aside.

its like running win8beta as your normal system, you'd be mad,

but for some reason no-one cares to tell people that some ubuntu releases are almost beta refined a bit, so issues creep in.

 

[Sidewinder]

Have stripped & rebuilt a few lappies they are not too bad at all.

 

[steptoe]

dont listen to him Noz, he sent his gremlins down the phone line looking for you after some smart comment you musta made. :|

 

[Sidewinder]

mwha haha! :innocent :slap :x

 

[NozSpark]

Sidey,

Considering my previous employment I don't see stripping a laptop as being a problem,,, just more of a minor challenge to not break any part of the plastic mouldings, catches etc..

will have to wait for the weekend though as I don't want to start it and then not be able to complete it that same day

 

[Sidewinder]

Noz,

Come on if the normal repair people can do this mate I'll send a blindfold up for you!

 

[NozSpark]

I think a blindfold is going a bit far

the main problem I have now is all the tools I have are MASSIVE for this kind of work.... like a sledgehammer to crack a nut

 

[Sidewinder]

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[NozSpark]

Just went the loo (I know,,, too much info) and when I came back it was dead.... just spent the last 10mins trying to get it back on

I recon it's got a big overheating problem,,, probably full of dust bunnies

 

[NozSpark]

All done now....

the cooling heat exchanger was fully blocked with dust, the power connector had a bent part and the screen was replaced without a hitch

the only problem I had was I forgot to align the hardware switches with the buttons on the front so I had to completley strip it down again

All well now though