tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68111653585934174852011-11-27T15:19:11.492-08:00a journal of repairing a completely oblitterated laptop to its former glory.Anoreply@blogger.comBlogger61100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811165358593417485.post-22185567255010141292009-10-03T14:43:00.000-07:002009-10-03T14:45:02.634-07:00

My web agency:Sneakybox - UK Web Design, Development and Audio/Video Production

Anoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811165358593417485.post-87785395279698240062007-06-04T10:41:00.000-07:002007-06-04T11:00:39.244-07:00

I am very pleased. Just saved an extra £40 odd. I took the dvd drive apart and found that it wasn't working as it's been hit so hard that the casing had been dented enough for the cd to hit it as it turns. I knocked the dent out and it seems to be working fine!Taking the DVD drive out was simple after I worked out how to get to it:Step One: remove the screw holding the drive in.Step Two: Prise

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New screenShould arrive tuesday or wednesday.I've also run a diagnostic on the hard drive, turns out it had a few bad sectors, this should be repaired now.

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Ok looks like I won't need the screen casing (that saves me £20), it's got no cracks or damage to it.I got the screen off quite easily:step one: remove the two screws by the screen hinges, then prise the front panel off, it will simply clip out.Step Two: remove the two upper screws holding the screen cradle to the back panel.Step Three: Pull the back panel away from the screen cradle, close the

Anoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811165358593417485.post-80471542920171701632007-06-02T02:59:00.000-07:002007-06-02T04:43:22.841-07:00

Ebay prices are currently looking at the following:New screen - £150 minDVD RW drive - £35 Casing (inc. touchpad) - £20 \ optional Screen surround - £20 /Est. Total: £225 /£185ebay laptops of roughly the same specs are going for alot more than that, and I get the added bonus of being able to pay over however long I want.

Anoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811165358593417485.post-58456618671517732332007-06-01T15:37:00.002-07:002007-06-02T04:42:51.640-07:00

I need want a decent laptop. The problem is that whist I am earning, It's only a part time job delivering pizzas (cliche), so I don't have too much cash at any one time.Oh, I can't save. I'm very bad at saving money.My friend has a Toshiba Equium m40x-189 laptop, a nice lappy running at 1.6ghz, 512mb ram and a 60GB HDD, however he's managed to completely wreck it.Broken the DVD/RW drive clean

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