Re: Repairs
Andy Civil <[email protected]>
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Charles MacDonald wrote: > Andy Civil wrote: >> Croombe F. Pensom wrote: >>> I have found The Trailing Edge to be very good and usually quite quick >>> (i.e. just a few days). they have "rescued" me from several drastic >>> failures in the past and the cost is modest. >>> CroombeFP >>> >> I don't really understand what there is to repair - don't you just >> switch out the faulty part? >> > BUT first you have to find out what it is! > > (charles who used to change ICs in Apple ][ Disk Drives) > I must admit I was a bit rash to post that, because I forgot about laptops. If you have a faulty laptop, you really need to have it professionally repaired, unless it's just a case of switching one of the modular components. I guess that's why I make a habit of NOT buying laptops! I do think that the OP (Garth?) should post his symptoms, so that we can all give him our opinions :-) Common problems: If the real time clock is losing time, replace the battery. If it's crashing after a period of time on, but is OK again the next day, find the fan that's full of dust bunnies. If it's crashing at random, run memtest86 and see if your RAM is faulty. Failing that, examine the motherboard for Capacitor Plague <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor_plague> or failing that, try a new power supply. Obviously, if a particular peripheral is giving trouble, switch it! -- Andy -- OCLUG general discussion list [email protected] http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/oclug