[BNM] Laptop Repair

[Ali]

mmm opened it up as much as I could, I certainly could see the capacitors and they were not the echunga ones depicted - they were purple and silver.

most of the board that I could see appeared in good order. 

my first thoughts were that it was the power supply (hence spending £60 on a new one) as the input jack would get v hot and it refused to run off the power supply, it just used the battery, which occassionally was being topped up by the power supply but the failure to continue doing this saw the whole thing die......

I paid about £1100 for this beast and I am prepared to pay a little more to get it back to it's roaring (literally) glory.

soooooooooooooooo, once again my friends - anyone had experience of any decent and honest repair centres/fellas?

Ali
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Antony Jones 
  To: joe at newforms.co.uk ; Brighton New Media 
  Sent: Monday, September 04, 2006 4:31 PM
  Subject: Re: [BNM] Laptop Repair


  Look for these:

  http://www.lemis.com/grog/Photos/20030917/small/echunga-capacitors.jpeg

  Always a telltale sign. For three years japan imported dodgy ones and
  they were used in a lot of products.

  Of all the computers I've fixed which had faulty motherboards, 95% had
  this problem.

  Antony Jones
  Developer
   
  Gamesys Limited
  e: antonyj at gamesys.co.uk
  t: 0207 287 1571
  a: 1st Floor, 54-62 Regent Street, LONDON, W1B 5RE
   

  > -----Original Message-----
  > From: joe aliferis [mailto:joealiferis at googlemail.com]
  > Sent: 04 September 2006 16:08
  > To: Brighton New Media
  > Subject: Re: [BNM] Laptop Repair
  > 
  > If the motherboard is at fault - its prob not worth repairing
  > 
  > if you open the case and look at the board you may see signs of blown
  > components
  > 
  > joe
  > 
  > Ali wrote:
  > 
  > >Thanks Alan,
  > >
  > >Haven't tried it, in fact I've never used a laptop repair service!
  Kinda
  > hoping someone could tell me exactly that - is it any good, fairly
  priced,
  > decent turnaround time - or preferably anywhere nearer to me in
  Worthing
  > would be great.
  > >
  > >Ali
  > >  ----- Original Message -----
  > >  From: Alan Newman
  > >  To: Brighton New Media
  > >  Sent: Monday, September 04, 2006 3:14 PM
  > >  Subject: Re: [BNM] Laptop Repair
  > >
  > >
  > >  Have you tried the laptop shop near the station - is it still
  there?
  > >
  > >  - Alan
  > >
  > >
  > >  -----Original Message-----
  > >  From: Ali [mailto:ali at nubz.com]
  > >  Sent: 04 September 2006 14:43
  > >  To: Brighton New Media
  > >  Subject: [BNM] Laptop Repair
  > >
  > >
  > >  After receiving a new power supply for my Acer 1802 Laptop it will
  > still not
  > >  power up.
  > >
  > >  I am now of the opinion I need to send it for repair so can anyone
  > recommend
  > >  a good, honest place I can take it to?
  > >
  > >  Ali