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Offline Iambian

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More Laptop Repairs
« on: April 21, 2011, 12:58:32 pm »
As some people here know, I've had a few problems with my laptop. This time, it wasn't out of necessity, but out of comfort.

The LCD cable that connects the motherboard to the LCD (and the inverter) was frayed, and I did do a repair on it to make sure that it at least worked. It did, but it left ugly red lines on the screen that sometimes devolved back to what it was before the inverter got severed. But enough on that, what I did was I purchased a whole new wire from eBay for much cheaper than when I last looked (~$25 now), and installed it. The job took an hour, and now, I'm happy to report that the screen's crystal clear.

In short, it's be the best $25 I've spent on my laptop for this year. I'll post pics of what the the uninstalled "ghetto-rigged" cable looked like... whenever I can get around to doing it. No pics on the job itself since I was a little too excited in fixing my laptop.

So... I watched How To Train Your Dragon (Blu-Ray) and I was surprised by the results. Very happy. I'm feeling better about eBay already.

EDIT: I should mention that earlier this year, I ran yet another repair on my laptop charger. Those suckers don't last. But when I dissected the faulty part, I found out exactly why they're so flimsy. The connectors were just (poorly) crimped on. Wth?
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Re: More Laptop Repairs
« Reply #1 on: April 21, 2011, 01:28:22 pm »
Nice! And I bet it is because they wast you to have to buy new parts x.x Anywho, I was having trouble with my LCD on my laptop a year ago, but I finally decided to take apart the part cont(very painful to the eyes) and when it wasn't doing that, it caused the pixels in that general region to turn black and stick. I had to apply pressure in that area for it to fix. Anywho, I didn't know how the laptop was put together, so I accidentally broke the casing. It doesn't close around the LCD (there is a gap), but I have not had any problems since :)
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Re: More Laptop Repairs
« Reply #2 on: April 21, 2011, 01:54:55 pm »
I know there are plenty of online resources for detailing exactly how to take apart a laptop. I went online and found a site dedicated pretty much to Toshiba laptops, and step-by-step, picture-by-picture instructions on how to take it fully apart. I found it quite useful, so I would suggest anyone taking apart a laptop to at least try to look online for instructions on their make and model. You'd be surprised what sort of things you need to do in what order.
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Re: More Laptop Repairs
« Reply #3 on: April 21, 2011, 01:58:07 pm »
Yeah, I should have done that :/ I didn't have internet at then, though, so I was just kind of stuck with my knowledge of how mechanical parts worked :D
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Re: More Laptop Repairs
« Reply #4 on: April 21, 2011, 02:02:15 pm »
I had my PSU go bad on mine not too long ago too.

Got munched on by a vacuum and shorted out, popped something inside it.


Iambian, you must be rough on laptops, you seem to have quite a few problems with them. Or did you just get a lemon?
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Re: More Laptop Repairs
« Reply #5 on: April 21, 2011, 05:42:41 pm »
Quote from: Netham45 on April 21, 2011, 02:02:15 pm
I had my PSU go bad on mine not too long ago too.

Got munched on by a vacuum and shorted out, popped something inside it.


Iambian, you must be rough on laptops, you seem to have quite a few problems with them. Or did you just get a lemon?
My laptop's been through hell and high water, so naturally, there's going to be a few problems. I'm surprised that it hasn't completely died on me, given the conditions I've been making it go through. It's been through numerous spills while open, while closed, while inside a backpack, both padded and non-padded. Hell, I've discovered my laptop in the ON position when I removed it from my backpack, it took such a beating.

Honestly, I'm quite happy with my laptop. I mean, I've known someone's laptop to have failures after being BUMPED on a kitchen table (from which it's never removed), while I've had my laptop running in extreme conditions. Direct sunlight? Not a problem. On a bus? Gotta keep coding. In the rain? Meh, it's only water. Energy drinks have come into contact with my laptop. The only keys that are showing signs of shorting out are the PGUP/PGDN/HOME/END and the backslash keys, but those were fixed with some serious compressed air treatment.

tl;dr: I'm rough on my lappy. But at least nothing important broke yet. You know, stuff like the LCD itself, or the HDD.
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