Laptop Repair

[brotherp]

Describe took a dump. Is it now powering on, blue screen of death, errors on boot up? Could be as simple as buying a new hard drive and reimaging.

[Regor]

Originally Posted by jorluivil

Press power button
Machine starts and shuts off about 2seconds later
If I press f10 it will stay on but the screen will not show anything
The hard drive led light on the laptop does not come on or blink on and off

You do realize your not supposed to take your laptop hooping with you?

[Darkstar]

will it boot off a CD/DVD? you can burn a UBCD and check the hard disk, memory etc.....

http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/

you can also plug in an external monitor to check to see if anything is showing on the screen



is this an older laptop? have you removed the battery and reinserted it and plugged it back in?

[wiredantz]

Just save the hard drive and buy another laptop, you can get them now for under 300 unles you want to play the new


STARWARS THE OLD REPUBLIC

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0RuR3FREFw


And where is my NEW ZELDA game for the wii , I am waiting at my mailbox.

[Darkstar]

Originally Posted by wiredantz

Just save the hard drive and buy another laptop, you can get them now for under 300 unles you want to play the new


STARWARS THE OLD REPUBLIC

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0RuR3FREFw


And where is my NEW ZELDA game for the wii , I am waiting at my mailbox.

Or $198 on BF
http://bfads.net/Walmart-Black-Frida...ualCore-Laptop

[Iceman]

Hopefully I am not in line for nothing at Wally world at midnight T day to get my daughter one, they have a few good deals on laptops.

[scooter]

If Signal Hill isn't too far, go to Quick Fix (562) 248-2400 3397 E 19th St, Signal Hill, CA. Call first but they always look at our laptop for free before they do anything.

[JohnnyCope]

Originally Posted by wiredantz

Just save the hard drive and buy another laptop, you can get them now for under 300 unles you want to play the new


STARWARS THE OLD REPUBLIC

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0RuR3FREFw


And where is my NEW ZELDA game for the wii , I am waiting at my mailbox.

Good thing I'm not the only nerd here !

[computerguy]

Since you power it on and it goes off in 2 sec, I think it's probably the mother board and not worth putting a bunch of moeny into it. I would remove the hard drive buy a new compter and sell the old one on ebay for parts.

[Fiskadoro]

Originally Posted by computerguy

Since you power it on and it goes off in 2 sec, I think it's probably the mother board and not worth putting a bunch of moeny into it. I would remove the hard drive buy a new compter and sell the old one on ebay for parts.

I had to chuckle when I saw this.

I've a friend who says there are two kinds of people... those who sell their computers on ebay and those who buy them.

If it was mine and I liked it... I'd just buy a good motherboard off ebay and change it out.

Better yet just get a working one off ebay and move your hardrive over. If it's the same model it should boot right up.

Here's a few Presario F700's

Buy it now $161

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Compaq-Presa...item2569d01a8d

Buy it now $130

http://www.ebay.com/itm/COMPAQ-F700-...item43ab39be1e

Buy it now $119

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Compaq-Presa...item2569d7d403

I'm not recommending those in particular but you should be able to find a replacement on ebay for under $150, or a good motherboard is less then half that if you shop around.

Laptops are surprisingly easy to work on. Most components are simply plug and play and the assembly and disassembly instructions for almost any given model are available online.

Personally every laptop I've owned I bought as parts off ebay then rebuilt it to what I desired specification wise. Older once top of the line models can be had for a fraction of their original cost if you know what your looking for.

For instance right now I'm typing on maxxed out WidowPC517D

http://www.notebookreview.com/defaul...review=WidowPC

It's a beautiful laptop, I would of never considered buying one new. I've used it for years now with no issues whatsoever. In it's most basic form it was something like $2700 new but with the upgrades on mine it would of been more like $4500.

I think they still sell them: http://www.widowpc.com/store/build.p...&ccc_pics=true

If I remember correctly I spent maybe $500 on mine total. No warranty but it's extremely well made, and if it ever breaks I can fix it myself.

It's your call but for me I'd rather just keep what I have, one that I can troubleshoot and repair rather then take the time to learn a new system.

What can I say I like old cars motorcycles and trucks for the same reason.

Jim