Re[2]: Repairs
Howard Krakower <[email protected]>
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Q - did you flip the small switch on the power supply from 220-volts to 110-volts? Thursday, December 11, 2008, 8:40:35 AM, Garth Boyd wrote: GB> Well my out here is that its actually not my box. Its belongs to a new GB> neighbour who is new to this town, and this country. I tried to power up GB> the box and although the mobo looked like it was receiving some GB> power(led on the mobo, perhaps this was the battery) the power supply GB> fan was not even turning. GB> So it never reached POST. So my guess is that the power supply is GB> damaged or there is an internal cable problem that I do not want to get GB> into. GB> I have a problem with replacement, although a cheaper option, not an GB> environmental one. GB> I have passed on the trailing edge to them and we shall see what happens. GB> Any other repair place recommendations welcome. GB> Thanks GB> Garth GB> Andy Civil wrote: >> 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! >> -- ZedNet Technologies visit us at http://www.zed.net -- OCLUG general discussion list [email protected] http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/oclug