On 07/09/10 00:10, Richard Forth wrote:
My old IBM laptop went that way, ended up trashing it, light coming on
and then nothing, dead laptop. Thing is when stuff like that happens its
probably a motherboard failure, and the way latops are built, the
motherboard IS the laptop, they are so specific and interwoven with
stuff that it probably would be cheaper to buy a new laptop. take the
hard drive out because the data can still be recovered.
Rich
2010/9/6 Michele Mor <m_...@mail15.com <mailto:m_...@mail15.com>>
Hi.
A friend of mine has an old laptop which suddenly died.
The battery does not work anymore and even when plugged in a wall
socket nothing happens.
Actually, if I plug the laptop in a wall socket and push the power
bottom, the power light comes on for a second, then it turns off and
it's the end of it.
Do you know anyone who could have a look at it and if the battery
and the recharger are both gone, can help my friend to retrieve the
data from the hard disk?
He wanted to go to PC World, but I think that they would charge him
a fortune and they would simply tell him to buy a new laptop.
Any suggestion is very welcome!
Thanks.
Michele
Same happened with me, I waited for aaaaages to find a parts laptop on
ebay. Managed to source it one day, took an evening to migrate, but
hey-presto, good as new laptop. The parts replacement (without a
screen) cost 10GBP ;)
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