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Ok so my laptop suddenly stopped on me the other night and I've since been told it's pretty fucked (technical term) and going to cost £180 to fix it. It was a HP laptop maybe 3 or 4 years old, pretty decent and served me well but nothing spectacular. I wasn't using it for anything special really, Football Manager, red tube and streaming films is pretty much as complicated as it got.

I've initially said yeah, go ahead and fix but I'm now having second thoughts. They wouldn't have done anything yet so I can still pull it. Is it worth fixing or should I just buy a new one? Any good recomendations you think I should just can it?

Ta

Who told you it was fucked and did they say what was actually wrong with it?

whats wrong with it?

I think he said it stopped.

Just restart it.

Basically I turned it on, all fine for about a minute, then the screen went fuzzy and pixilated with all reds, blues, pinks and purples and it froze. I turned it off and on again and the on light would come on and I could hear the fan going, but nothing on the screen. Tried to hook it up to the tv to see if it was just the screen but still nothing.

It's something to do with the graphics card and another part which will cost about £130 and then a labour charge on top of that. So £180 to sort out.

Sounds like it's fucked.

Depends on the spec, but my Dad's laptop died a few months back and I talked him out of getting a £300-£400 pc world shit job and got him a second hand 2011 (I think) HP EliteBook on eBay for £220, with an SSD, an i7 and 8GB of ram.

For that price it sells itself and I imagine your laptop isn't even worth what you're going to pay to have it repaired.

£180 to (probably) change out the motherboard is daylight robbery. For that price you'd be just as well putting the cash toward a new laptop.

Is it an Acer laptop by any chance? Mine did a similar thing (powered on but screen blank).

Edit: Oops, just seen that you mentioned it was HP. Never mind.

I could source you a second hand laptop for less.

The screen inverter went on my laptop. Same symptoms. Replaced myself but only cost a few quid for the part.

Can you try hooking up to a monitor or telly?

already has according to his second post

Oh

Buy a new one.

Also, prepare to have your mind blown (possibly).

http://www.dilemna.info/ (http://www.dilemna.info/)

Leaning towards telling them to sack it off and I'll get a new one. Hmmmm.

Is that actually true? I'm still not actually sure if it's dilemna or dilemma. I thought it might be a UK/U.S thing.

Right, so I've called up and cancelled the repair. People that know a bit more (probably a lot more) than me commenting that it's day light robbery isn't going to sit well.

What's the advice from here on out then guys, any mega deals I could snap up now or would I be better off waiting for January sales? Is it worth me going out and nutting some cunt for a laptop on Black Friday?

You learn something every day. I never knew that dilemma was spelt any other way by anyone.....I'm obviously not very attentive because I hadn't even noticed it in the the thread title.

This thread has officially turned in to yet another 'find me a laptop' thread. Do your best for me TownEndForum if you have any suggestions...

You can normally find some decent prices on Amazon Warehouse Deals.

Amazon Warehouse Laptops (http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=s9_acss_bw_ct_mpwdfc_ct2_a3?rh=i%3Acomputers%2Cn%3A3581866031%2Cn%3A340831031%2Cn%3A%21340832031%2Cn%3A429886031&bbn=3581866031&rw_html_to_wsrp=1&pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-5&pf_rd_r=1ZV6TXFRAMT9FECT1MT8&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=734149307&pf_rd_i=3581866031)

Nice one, I wasn't aware of that site.

I subscribe to this theory personally:

'Alternate universe enthusiast Marden Paul of Toronto put forward a theory several years ago that Dilemna people had all somehow crossed over into this parallel 'Dilemma' spelling universe and that's why they feel physically staggered to discover that not only are they wrong but there's also no trace of an N spelling anywhere in any dictionary in the history of this new universe!'

Apparently it's known as the Mandela Effect.

https://angelicview.wordpress.com/2013/12/10/51-or-52-united-states-the-mandela-effect/ (https://angelicview.wordpress.com/2013/12/10/51-or-52-united-states-the-mandela-effect/)

Nestlé or Nestles.....

Fascinating stuff.