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A smile is just a grimace that's been edited for public consumption. -- Tony Cochran
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Hmm. There seems to be some kind of thing installed into the back of my computer. I wonder what it is? It's attached to the computer with pins. Hmm...I know! I'll rip it out! It's brilliant! Why didn't I think of this before? *crunch* My computer seems to be broken now. How could this have possibly happened?It is a terrible thing to see and have no vision.
-Helen Keller
I got this av from Court Records, made by Croik!
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Quoth Bluenomi View PostWon't stop them deciding the keyboard and mouse need a wash in the sink with lots of soapy water but might save something.
Admittedly, I completely dismantled it first, and didn't wash anything that looked like it was electronic. My keyboard was just seriously filthy underneath the keys (it's something like five years old, minimum). So I popped off all the keys (after taking a photo so I'd remember where some of the odd keys went), unscrewed the back, and carefully separated the parts. Then I gave it all a good scrubbing, let it dry completely, and painstakingly reassembled the thing. Apparently the cushion layer in my keyboard isn't one solid piece like it was in my roommate's keyboard (which died of orange juice poisoning; we disassembled it for fun). Mine is an individual piece for every pressure point under the keys. Ouch. But my keyboard is squeaky clean now! And works just fine.
And admittedly, I know more about my computer than the average joe on the street. My parents' computer-tech friend helped me build it so he could troubleshoot over the phone while I was halfway across the country for college. I get replacement parts on Newegg now and install them myself.
Tigress, did the fried mobo happen to be in a laptop? I can see how that would be cheaper to replace wholesale than just an individual part."Enough expository banter. It's time we fight like men. And ladies. And ladies who dress like men. For Gilgamesh...IT'S MORPHING TIME!"
- Gilgamesh, Final Fantasy V
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Quoth Kogarashi View PostTigress, did the fried mobo happen to be in a laptop? I can see how that would be cheaper to replace wholesale than just an individual part.
If the other techs are feeling generous, they may make the attempt if the client provides the parts. (We don't sell mobos.) But they'd have to be feeling really generous... on the level of sainthood. And I'm sure certain... favors of a physical nature would have to be involved as part of the payment.A smile is just a grimace that's been edited for public consumption. -- Tony Cochran
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Quoth Kogarashi View PostTigress, did the fried mobo happen to be in a laptop? I can see how that would be cheaper to replace wholesale than just an individual part.Quoth TigressIt was a rather old Dell desktop. A brand the Big Box does not sell. A brand that often uses its own proprietary parts.
So I went shopping. I needed the same motherboard as was in the machine so the restore CD's would work if she needed to reinstall. New motherboard wasn't available from emachines, but refurbished was for around $210-$300 (darn proprietary parts!). Now, $210 + $60 (power supply) + $100 (2 hrs. labor) = $370. Not worth fixing an AMD Athlon XP 2400+ machine when you can spend $200+ more for new and a lot faster.
I told the customer as such, she agreed, and told us to scrap her machine.
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Quoth RichS View PostI told the customer as such, she agreed, and told us to scrap her machine.Aerodynamics are for people who can't build engines. --Enzo Ferrari
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Quoth Tigress View PostIt was a rather old Dell desktop. A brand the Big Box does not sell. A brand that often uses its own proprietary parts. And I'm not touching it."I am quite confident that I do exist."
"Excuse me, I'm making perfect sense. You're just not keeping up." The Doctor
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