Can anyone here repair laptops?

[Akzle]

speaking of laptops if anyone has one > these specs going, lets talk....
1.7g cpu
2gb ram
512 gpu
dvd rw
40gb hdd
gbps eth0
56k modem
16" display
full qwerty with numpad
...you know how youre getting paid. Do it for love!

[arcane12]

I second Gremlin - with a couple of tools and a few hours tinkering you'll have that thing in an array of little bits! And you know it's more than likely broke, so no fear of breaking it!

I ended up stripping down an Toshiba today to get to the battery, just to find it was one of the rare ones that had a NiMH one! Doh, no spare. And of course it was on the underside of the motherboard, so every little thing came out. Just have to not forget to be careful with those little ribbon cables, and put everything somewhere you won't lose it. It's always fun having a tiny srew fall onto the floor. Still better than the cell phone screws, those things get tiny!

[Akzle]

I second Gremlin - with a couple of tools and a few hours tinkering you'll have that thing in an array of little bits! And you know it's more than likely broke, so no fear of breaking it!

I ended up stripping down an Toshiba today to get to the battery, just to find it was one of the rare ones that had a NiMH one! Doh, no spare. And of course it was on the underside of the motherboard, so every little thing came out. Just have to not forget to be careful with those little ribbon cables, and put everything somewhere you won't lose it. It's always fun having a tiny srew fall onto the floor. Still better than the cell phone screws, those things get tiny!

laptopbattery.co.nz if its one of those,
or jaycar item sb1711

[marine0089]

Out of interest, have you tried plugging it into a tv/external monitor via the VGA/DVI port to check its not just the screen that's gone?

If that works then it could easily be the screen connection cable has fried so it no longer can send a signal to the screen but the rest of the laptop is OK.

If that's the case you'd just need to open it up, locate the connection (probably under the keyboard) and check it out. Fingers crossed it could be as simple as fixing the connection or purchasing a new LCD screen for it (that's assuming the connection on the motherboard isn't feied).

[SMOKEU]

It's too old to be worth fucking around with. Bin it, and buy something newer.