It's been a while!
I realise I have become even worse at updating/commenting than usual...which is further spurred on by the fact that I don't seem to be receiving comment notifications.
I think it's quite possible my dad is going to kill me one of these days, aka how I broke 2 laptops
In January, I bought a $500 crappy computer off ebay to serve as my backup laptop/uni laptop as it has 8 hr battery life and is super light and not much else....and shortly after that, my usual laptop started overheating and bit the dust.
So after much complaining, my dad took it to his work (he fixes TVs/DVD/VCR/etc, etc and is basically a genius in everything) to try and see if it was just the fan, or something else. It was the fan -- and the laptop parts are no longer in existence, and his jerry-rigging meant goodbye laptop. So, fine, I still had my backup crappy laptop....
Until I tried to turn it on in a lecture yesterday, and nothing happened. And continued to not turn on when I got home, and tried my charger (despite having charged it the night before, and turned it on that morning successfully), my sisters charger....and then it suddenly would turn on while plugged in...but gave me the message of "97% plugged in, not charging". Which I interpreted (due to trying multiple chargers) as the battery having issues.
I used google-fu! I downloaded driver updates! I tried things! And still nothing. So I made my dad phone Acer this morning (while I was at volunteering/uni) to see if there was a battery problem (apparently the American versions of this laptop did have battery issues, according to my google-fu) and the only thing they could recommend was installing new drivers for windows 7....or buying a new battery.
So he did a nice fatherly thing, and ordered me a new battery..for $100...
I've just turned on my laptop again (to see if it works).
It works. He's going to kill me.
I think it's quite possible my dad is going to kill me one of these days, aka how I broke 2 laptops
In January, I bought a $500 crappy computer off ebay to serve as my backup laptop/uni laptop as it has 8 hr battery life and is super light and not much else....and shortly after that, my usual laptop started overheating and bit the dust.
So after much complaining, my dad took it to his work (he fixes TVs/DVD/VCR/etc, etc and is basically a genius in everything) to try and see if it was just the fan, or something else. It was the fan -- and the laptop parts are no longer in existence, and his jerry-rigging meant goodbye laptop. So, fine, I still had my backup crappy laptop....
Until I tried to turn it on in a lecture yesterday, and nothing happened. And continued to not turn on when I got home, and tried my charger (despite having charged it the night before, and turned it on that morning successfully), my sisters charger....and then it suddenly would turn on while plugged in...but gave me the message of "97% plugged in, not charging". Which I interpreted (due to trying multiple chargers) as the battery having issues.
I used google-fu! I downloaded driver updates! I tried things! And still nothing. So I made my dad phone Acer this morning (while I was at volunteering/uni) to see if there was a battery problem (apparently the American versions of this laptop did have battery issues, according to my google-fu) and the only thing they could recommend was installing new drivers for windows 7....or buying a new battery.
So he did a nice fatherly thing, and ordered me a new battery..for $100...
I've just turned on my laptop again (to see if it works).
It works. He's going to kill me.