[access-uk] Re: Do graphics cards on laptop pack up?
- From: "Adrien" <adriencollins22160@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:51:21 +0200
Hi
Ok no you are not sounding like an idiot, I have just
brought the netbook. I'll shop around for the parts before I
make any decisions but you can generally get them cheaper
from the states. I brought a battery for my mum's laptop
last year which was half the cost of buying one in the UK.
My mum has always been very good with electronics, she used
to work for ITT and she used to build circuit boards so if
anything goes wrong she can generally fix it. But you are
right, I am not going to spend too much money on a new part
or two but if it is what some one has said the inverter at
the bottom of the screen then I am quite prepared to spend
what ever it cost as surely it'll be cheaper than getting a
new laptop. If it was the graphics card which I thought it
may be, then I would assume it is built into the mother
board so I'd have no choice other than to replace the whole
laptop. As for being able to run modern software, I have
never had a problem yet, it has 768 mb ram, 2.8 gb processor
and ok the hard drive is only 40 gb but its sufficient.
Regards
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-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ibrahim
Gucukoglu
Sent: 13 April 2009 18:36
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Do graphics cards on laptop pack
up?
Hi Adrian.
I don't want to sound like an idiot, but if your laptop is
so old and you are having problems with it, wouldn't it be
easier and in the long run cheaper to buy a new one? The
reason I say this is that even if you could get the
components such as a new switch and presuming that it is a
manually operated one as apposed to a magnetic lid switch,
the cost of the components and the skills required to
replace them unless your mum is a skilled service technician
far outway the practicalities of buying a new machine.
Please don't take this the wrong way, but I think you should
be considering the purchase of a new or refurbished laptop
rather than throwing good money at a machine that is so old
it probably couldn't run the latest software anyway.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Adrien" <adriencollins22160@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, April 13, 2009 4:05 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Do graphics cards on laptop pack
up?
> Hi George
>
> No the laptop is about 10 inches from the wall and the lid
> is touching the wall at an angle. How easy is it to get
and
> replace the switch in that case. Mum had a look at the
> screen a while ago and when she touched the sides it
> flickered on and off and when I run my hands along the
> bottom of the lid the screen flickers too. The laptops are
> out of warranty and mum is good with electronics so may be
> she'll be able to fit a new switch of what ever is needed.
>
>
>
> Regards
>
> Adrien
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of George Bell
> Sent: 13 April 2009 15:49
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Do graphics cards on laptop pack
> up?
>
> They do, but from what you describe, it sounds more like a
> suspect lid switch rather than a dud card. When you say
> "right back to the wall", do you mean "perpendicular to
the
> keyboard" - vertical?
>
> George.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Adrien
> Sent: 13 April 2009 12:33
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Do graphics cards on laptop pack up?
>
> The screen on my toshiba laptop has gone all wavy and
> flickers and won't light up properly, when I open the lid
up
> I have to push the lid right back to the wall to get the
> screen to come on. Is this likely to be the graphics card
> and can they be replaced and are they expensive?
>
>
> Regards
>
> Adrien
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Brian
Hartgen
> Sent: 13 April 2009 12:29
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: New Version of iTunes
>
> Do you mean 8.1.1?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Iain Lackie
> <mailto:ilackie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: access UK <mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, April 13, 2009 9:46 AM
> Subject: [access-uk] New Version of iTunes
>
> Hi
> I see a new version of iTunes has become available.
> If I download this, will the newly installed J-Tunes
scripts
> still work?
>
> Iain
>
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