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 Dec 29 2007, 09:14 PM
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 New son Donovan Charles Mummert born July 17, 2008 Group: Members Posts: 8,635 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Port Wentworth, GA Member No.: 15  |
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.
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Dec 30 2007, 03:16 AM
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  Group: Agents Posts: 4,026 Joined: 23-February 06 From: lu-bok Member No.: 41 |
try replacing the hard drive.
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Dec 30 2007, 03:45 AM
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 GORILLA FLUFFER Group: Agents Posts: 7,711 Joined: 23-February 06 From: lubbock Member No.: 50 |
YARP
sounds like what my laptop was doing to me. spinner or something going out, or a bent needle or something --------------------  QUOTE (Jessica @ May 7 2007, 01:15 PM)  but yeehaw dammit. YEEHAW QUOTE (Dogmeat @ Jun 26 2008, 07:51 PM) ok once upon a time I jacked myself off retarded. Licking anuses, one kindergarten class at a time!! |
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Dec 30 2007, 12:55 PM
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New son Donovan Charles Mummert born July 17, 2008 Group: Members Posts: 8,635 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Port Wentworth, GA Member No.: 15 |
the thing i worry about with doing that is if its not the hard drive, i cant return the new one i buy
also i dont have a copy of windows Whats the cheapest laptop hard drive i can get? |
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Dec 30 2007, 10:53 PM
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I was raised on the dairy, BITCH! Group: Members Posts: 3,080 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Cedar Park Member No.: 49 |
the problem with repairing old laptops is that you're going to get to the point where you're spending more on buying new components when it would just be cheaper to buy a new one
-------------------- "Ah, y'know it's funny, these people they go to sleep, they think everything's fine, everything's good. They wake up the next day and they're on fire."
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Dec 30 2007, 11:53 PM
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New son Donovan Charles Mummert born July 17, 2008 Group: Members Posts: 8,635 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Port Wentworth, GA Member No.: 15 |
well, RAM is returnable... thats why I tried that first.
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Dec 31 2007, 10:20 AM
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 Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
If it has caught fire before you need to get a new one.
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Dec 31 2007, 12:31 PM
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New son Donovan Charles Mummert born July 17, 2008 Group: Members Posts: 8,635 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Port Wentworth, GA Member No.: 15 |
Yeah, let me just bust out $700 for a new one...
Obviously, If I had the money for one I would have gotten one. All the parts that caused the fire have been replaced. Basically, there was a recall issue with the battery that caused it to set fire (the same issue I was having). HP (it was a gift... I would never buy an HP) listed their recalls on the site. My model number matched so I looked into it more. It said if you serial number starts with these numbers, your laptop is affected. My serial number matched. Then, it said type in the following info to get your replacement parts, so I did that. Then it gave me a message that said "your laptop is not affected by our recall." UMMMMM OK... THE FUCKING THING BURNED THE FUCK OUT OF MY HAND AND LEG, was smoking, and the back end of the laptop was melted. stupid fucks. So it was still under warranty with Best Buy so I took it there, and they shipped it off |
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Dec 31 2007, 01:01 PM
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New son Donovan Charles Mummert born July 17, 2008 Group: Members Posts: 8,635 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Port Wentworth, GA Member No.: 15 |
Oh and now that I think about it... I dont think its the hard drive because the boot screen wont even load. Literally it shuts off the second it turns on
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Dec 31 2007, 01:19 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
So its getting fixed under warranty then?
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Dec 31 2007, 01:25 PM
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New son Donovan Charles Mummert born July 17, 2008 Group: Members Posts: 8,635 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Port Wentworth, GA Member No.: 15 |
the laptop is almost 4 years old. the warranty ended in June... Hence why Im trying to fix the thing myself. Why would I fuck with all this if I could drive 5 minutes to best buy? Obviously its out of warranty. Anymore stupid questions.... like why don't I take out a student loan to buy a new one... or have I tried reinstalling windows? Or are you going to offer something of substance, you stupid fuck
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Jan 2 2008, 09:29 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
Perhaps this is what made me think it was still under warranty?
QUOTE So it was still under warranty with Best Buy so I took it there, and they shipped it off I seriously hope you never need computer help on here anymore, because you sure act like a total bitch every time someone tries to help. |
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Jan 2 2008, 11:08 AM
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Group: Admin Posts: 6,906 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Austin Member No.: 9 |
Yeah, her response was pretty bitchy, but it was clear from the context of her previous post that she was talking about the time the thing caught on fire, when it WAS still under warranty.
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Jan 2 2008, 11:29 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
I just misread it then I guess.
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Jan 2 2008, 02:56 PM
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Group: Admin Posts: 6,906 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Austin Member No.: 9 |
Everyone misreads stuff on occasion. Some more often than others.
  But yeah, Jessica over-reacted. -------------------- |
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