[oclug] Repairs

[Garth Boyd]

Well my out here is that its actually not my box. Its belongs to a new 
neighbour who is new to this town, and this country. I tried to power up 
the box and although the mobo looked like it was receiving some 
power(led on the mobo, perhaps this was the battery) the power supply 
fan was not even turning.

So it never reached POST. So my guess is that the power supply is 
damaged or there is an internal cable problem that I do not want to get 
into.

I have a problem with replacement, although a cheaper option, not an 
environmental one.

I have passed on the trailing edge to them and we shall see what happens.

Any other repair place recommendations welcome.

Thanks
Garth


Andy Civil wrote:
> Charles MacDonald wrote:
>> Andy Civil wrote:
>>> Croombe F. Pensom wrote:
>>>> I have found The Trailing Edge to be very good and usually quite quick
>>>> (i.e. just a few days). they have "rescued" me from several drastic
>>>> failures in the past and the cost is modest.
>>>> CroombeFP
>>>>
>>> I don't really understand what there is to repair - don't you just
>>> switch out the faulty part?
>>>
>> BUT first you have to find out what it is!
>>
>> (charles who used to change ICs in Apple ][ Disk Drives)
>>
> 
> I must admit I was a bit rash to post that, because I forgot about 
> laptops. If you have a faulty laptop, you really need to have it 
> professionally repaired, unless it's just a case of switching one of the 
> modular components. I guess that's why I make a habit of NOT buying 
> laptops!
> 
> I do think that the OP (Garth?) should post his symptoms, so that we can 
> all give him our opinions :-)
> 
> Common problems:
> If the real time clock is losing time, replace the battery.
> If it's crashing after a period of time on, but is OK again the next 
> day, find the fan that's full of dust bunnies.
> If it's crashing at random, run memtest86 and see if your RAM is faulty. 
> Failing that, examine the motherboard for Capacitor Plague 
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor_plague> or failing that, try a 
> new power supply.
> Obviously, if a particular peripheral is giving trouble, switch it!
>