laptop repair, sort of
My laptop was having increasing problems. I had already used the Windows key to replace the Q (which had fallen off.) Also, the battery life was fairly weak, and the power adapter was only working occasionally -- you sort of had to tweak it. Eventually, it just stopped turning on.
So, after finding that CashForLaptops wasn't offering much for it (although such things don't), I figured, well, I need to scrub the hard drive, might as well open it up. Which I did; the design is slightly awkward to deal with, but really not bad (MSI Wind U100.) Nothing looked amiss, so I eventually got all (or most) of the screws back in (and cracked some plastic in the process.) Pressed the power switch, and lo! it booted.
So: all good, except for the matter of the cracked plastic. And wondering if there are intermittent lurking problems yet. Humph.
So, after finding that CashForLaptops wasn't offering much for it (although such things don't), I figured, well, I need to scrub the hard drive, might as well open it up. Which I did; the design is slightly awkward to deal with, but really not bad (MSI Wind U100.) Nothing looked amiss, so I eventually got all (or most) of the screws back in (and cracked some plastic in the process.) Pressed the power switch, and lo! it booted.
So: all good, except for the matter of the cracked plastic. And wondering if there are intermittent lurking problems yet. Humph.