laptop trouble Options

[Mommy]

I dont expect much to come of this, but I will try anyway. I usually use my laptop, but it's really shitty. Im talking 256 MB RAM shitty. Anyway, I was on it today watching a yahoo video and it froze, wouldn't let me ctrl+alt+del so I just turned it off. When I went to turn it back on, it just made the noise like it was turning on and the buttons lit up and then it would turn off... it would do this several times in about 20 seconds and then just stop. I tried replacing the RAM today, and that didn't fix the problem. I really don't think it was the hard drive because I wasn't noticing signs of hard drive failure...plus not even the boot screen will come up. The motherboard was replaced twice when it was under warranty, but the warranty expired in June. The last time the motherboard was replaced was in March. This really is a shitty laptop. The damn thing has caught on fire and burned me before. The power supply and battery have also been replaced in the past year. My guess is it's the motherboard again... Anyone want to share on what they think? If it's the motherboard, fuck that. I wont bother fixing it.

[Mommy]

because all I wanted to know is things it could possibly be, so I can rule things out. Obviously I know parts are expensive. Obviously I know I cant go buy a motherboard and processor for it at best buy. I'm not stupid enough to think that I can replace a MB and Proc for cheaper than it would be to just buy a new laptop. If it's something else, though, I think anyone would agree that replacing that part myself would be cheaper than buying a whole new laptop. The part that caused it to catch on fire HAS ALREADY BEEN REPLACED; therefore, using that as another reason to replace it is stupid because that's not an issue anymore. You come in here and offer suggestions (not dealing with what I'm asking) without having read everything. That's annoying. It's like asking for cliff notes in NPR. I already said I knew it wasn't the hard drive because the boot screen wasn't loading. The way I see this is you're talking down to me. That's why I get bitchy. You think I'm too stupid to replace the parts myself or carry on a legitimate conversation as to what is causing the problem. You come in here and tell me to buy a new laptop when that's not what I'm asking. I happen to know a lot about computer hardware and would like to fix the thing myself. Is that a crime? But noooooo I'm a girl, and I'm not Christine so you talk down to me.

[impala454]

I already said I knew it wasn't the hard drive because the boot screen wasn't loading. The way I see this is you're talking down to me. That's why I get bitchy.

Well you were reading it the wrong way then. I would have said the same thing to any person who had posted your situation. No, what I said wasn't some magic transistor you can go buy at Radio Shack to solder onto the motherboard and fix your issue, but I felt it would help you if you didn't realize it's probably something that's not going to get fixed and not to waste money on it. Apparently you thought there was some part you could replace or you wouldn't have asked for help on here in the first place.

And by the way, I did read that the parts you said that caught fire were replaced, but it doesn't mean the laptop is back in like new condition. There may have been other parts which were only damaged and have just now finally broken.