ChalkyWhiteIsGod
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« on: Friday, November 13, 2015, 17:16:54 » |
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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?
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« Reply #1 on: Friday, November 13, 2015, 17:19:57 » |
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Who told you it was fucked and did they say what was actually wrong with it?
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« Reply #2 on: Friday, November 13, 2015, 17:23:14 » |
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whats wrong with it?
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« Reply #3 on: Friday, November 13, 2015, 17:32:47 » |
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I think he said it stopped.
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« Reply #4 on: Friday, November 13, 2015, 17:33:35 » |
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I think he said it stopped.
Just restart it. |
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ChalkyWhiteIsGod
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« Reply #5 on: Friday, November 13, 2015, 17:44:28 » |
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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.
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« Reply #6 on: Friday, November 13, 2015, 17:52:26 » |
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Sounds like it's fucked.
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« Reply #7 on: Friday, November 13, 2015, 17:58:23 » |
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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.
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Samdy Gray
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« Reply #8 on: Friday, November 13, 2015, 18:35:27 » |
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£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.
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« Reply #9 on: Friday, November 13, 2015, 19:14:51 » |
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I could source you a second hand laptop for less.
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If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you're gonna see some serious shit...
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Simon Pieman
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« Reply #10 on: Friday, November 13, 2015, 19:42:56 » |
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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?
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« Reply #11 on: Friday, November 13, 2015, 19:52:51 » |
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already has according to his second post
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Simon Pieman
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« Reply #12 on: Friday, November 13, 2015, 19:53:54 » |
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Oh
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« Reply #13 on: Friday, November 13, 2015, 20:50:04 » |
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Buy a new one. Also, prepare to have your mind blown (possibly). http://www.dilemna.info/ |
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ChalkyWhiteIsGod
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« Reply #14 on: Saturday, November 14, 2015, 12:26:43 » |
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Leaning towards telling them to sack it off and I'll get a new one. Hmmmm.
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