URGENT!!!! person needs help!

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Tue Aug 28, 2001 5:31 pm

Ok heres the deal, my dad's friend dropped his laptop and the guy took it to a repair center and they said the power connector on teh mobo broke, to fix it they estimated 1000 B U C K S ! ? ! wtf? that seems way to high! any help would be loved!

Joe · Post by **Joe** » Tue Aug 28, 2001 5:36 pm

Isnt it under warranty? Make up some story so that it covers it...

Call some dif spots for a lower price

Wish I could help more

Norm · Post by **Norm** » Tue Aug 28, 2001 5:39 pm

I saw a laptop on being sold on TV going for $999.00.
New one, I think it was a Sony.

Laptops are like tight little puzzles, and hard to take apart let alone put back together, but if your dads friend can do it, he could probably fix a broken power connector even easier.

It's a hard call, pay now, or pay later if there are problems.

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Tue Aug 28, 2001 5:40 pm

no warranty, its older, but is that a legit price?

Norm · Post by **Norm** » Tue Aug 28, 2001 5:50 pm

Originally posted by YARDofSTUF
no warranty, its older, but is that a legit price?

I'd get a second opinion.

The price may be high if the connector has come off the board, that's not easy to fix, it'll need a good solderer, and it takes time disassembling/reassembling a Laptop too.
But $1000 does seem a bit high doesn't it.

Maybe it needs a new mobo to fix it, who knows?

BadEditor · Post by **BadEditor** » Tue Aug 28, 2001 5:51 pm

If you get right down to it......... Does it look like something that is easlily fixed?
Since its wasted anyhow, go ahead and open the thing up (somehow, heck I don't have a laptop - but I did stay at a holiday inn last night) Yeah open it up, look to see if its just 'soldered' onto motherboard or is screwed on or what....

But I'd really like to know What is the Exact Model of the Laptop?

..that would suck to drop Someone ELSE's laptop..

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Tue Aug 28, 2001 6:10 pm

Originally posted by BadEditor
If you get right down to it......... Does it look like something that is easlily fixed?
Since its wasted anyhow, go ahead and open the thing up (somehow, heck I don't have a laptop - but I did stay at a holiday inn last night) Yeah open it up, look to see if its just 'soldered' onto motherboard or is screwed on or what....

But I'd really like to know What is the Exact Model of the Laptop?

..that would suck to drop Someone ELSE's laptop..

its not in front of me and its my dads friends laptop and my dads friend dropped it, its 4 years old, thats all i know.

BadEditor · Post by **BadEditor** » Tue Aug 28, 2001 6:18 pm

ok

.. Either it cracked the motherboard, or it shouldn't be 1,000$ ... for $1000 they would be replacing the motherboard..

Venus · Post by **Venus** » Tue Aug 28, 2001 6:32 pm

insurance.