ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Later on... I didn't do it while I was fixing the burned out connection to the backlight!
PC fettling and repairs thread
- Thread starter DCBassman
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DCBassman
Guru
- Location
- The lumpy far South West
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
So why no ended up photo?
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DCBassman
Guru
- Location
- The lumpy far South West
Because he didn't do it at the time! And as also said, must dig it out again, etc, etc...
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Because it was years ago and I was trying to show that it was worth trying to repair an old laptop, NOT "Ooh, I must take pictures of its screen again now that it has Linux on it"!
PS As correctly summarised by @DCBassman
JoeyB
Go on, tilt your head!
- Location
- Fareham, Hampshire
I haven't done many repairs lately, most recently I replaced the battery in my own Macbook Pro and I did a battery and display on a customers Macbook Air.
I have a new Dell PC to setup for another customer this week, but not exactly fettling. More just plug and play...
I have a new Dell PC to setup for another customer this week, but not exactly fettling. More just plug and play...
DaveReading
Don't suffer fools gladly (must try harder!)
- Location
- Reading, obvs
Not strictly a PC (well not a PC at all), but I recently replaced for the second time the battery in my trusty old Lenovo Yoga tablet.
It struck me as a somewhat hairy (and undocumented) procedure first time around but this time it seemed pretty straightforward. Thank goodnes for YouTube: Замена аккумулятора на планшете Lenovo B8000. Replacing the battery on the tablet. - YouTube
Having done the battery change, it still refused to boot or charge and I couldn't even do a factory reset from the recovery menu - ended up having to reflash it. Seems to be running fine now, touch wood.
It struck me as a somewhat hairy (and undocumented) procedure first time around but this time it seemed pretty straightforward. Thank goodnes for YouTube: Замена аккумулятора на планшете Lenovo B8000. Replacing the battery on the tablet. - YouTube
Having done the battery change, it still refused to boot or charge and I couldn't even do a factory reset from the recovery menu - ended up having to reflash it. Seems to be running fine now, touch wood.
neil_merseyside
Guru
- Location
- Wirral
I always used an extender lead so the PC end was only used infrequently with the repeated unplugging on the replaceable lead, worked fine until the headset plug failed
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MontyVeda
a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
- Location
- Lancaster... the little city.
that's the thing... my leads are permanently hooked up but the sockets on the PC are so shoddy they still lose contact after a while. Never had the same issue with my laptop.I always used an extender lead so the PC end was only used infrequently with the repeated unplugging on the replaceable lead, worked fine until the headset plug failed
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DCBassman
Guru
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- The lumpy far South West
Not a problem I've ever had, but then I don't plug in anything bar speakers abd that's it. Nary a problem...
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DCBassman
Guru
- Location
- The lumpy far South West
All the actual parts have just arrived, new battery also arriving today! Can't wait for bad weather, then I have an excuse to disappera down a techie rabbit hole for a day!
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DCBassman
Guru
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- The lumpy far South West
XPS finished.
The display is stunning. Full Hd with RGB LED backlight, so pretty much as close to colour perfection as you could then get, and pretty damned good by today's standards too. Working keyboard and a Blu-Ray drive, it's a nice machine!
Now back to Windows and see what that looks like.
EDIT: and a nice big 9-cell battery that gives a pleasant tilt to the machine.
The display is stunning. Full Hd with RGB LED backlight, so pretty much as close to colour perfection as you could then get, and pretty damned good by today's standards too. Working keyboard and a Blu-Ray drive, it's a nice machine!
Now back to Windows and see what that looks like.
EDIT: and a nice big 9-cell battery that gives a pleasant tilt to the machine.
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HMS_Dave
Grand Old Lady
Or run an easy to use Linux Distro like Ubuntu, Mint or POPOS
MontyVeda
a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
- Location
- Lancaster... the little city.
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| Memory | 4 GB RAM |
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