Comments on: Well, poop https://wolfhusky.net/duncan/wp/2004/01/well-poop/ My little corner of the web Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:41:13 +0000 hourly 1 By: Anonymous https://wolfhusky.net/duncan/wp/2004/01/well-poop/#comment-1307 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:41:13 +0000 http://woofwoofarf.wordpress.com/2004/01/10/well-poop/#comment-1307 *grins* don’t think that pimping this out will save you once you do decide to show back up. Hell…at this rate, I might just have you run reg. 😉

]]> By: Anonymous https://wolfhusky.net/duncan/wp/2004/01/well-poop/#comment-1306 Thu, 01 May 2008 20:22:36 +0000 http://woofwoofarf.wordpress.com/2004/01/10/well-poop/#comment-1306 Sorry for the ultra late reply but i will do my best to get their tonight.

]]> By: posicat https://wolfhusky.net/duncan/wp/2004/01/well-poop/#comment-1305 Mon, 12 Jan 2004 06:47:13 +0000 http://woofwoofarf.wordpress.com/2004/01/10/well-poop/#comment-1305 Something to try if you give up hope on the board…
Wash it in hot water, no scrubbing, just let water pressure clean under and around the chips. Drip dry, then imediately sink it into a pan of rubbing alcohol (dries off the water, prevents corosion). Let it dry (wait a few days) completely. Re-assemble, and test. Could just be some conductive cruft that got into one of the connector pins or something.

]]> By: nrasser https://wolfhusky.net/duncan/wp/2004/01/well-poop/#comment-1304 Sun, 11 Jan 2004 22:38:09 +0000 http://woofwoofarf.wordpress.com/2004/01/10/well-poop/#comment-1304 In reply to woofwoofarf.

You might get lucky on Ebay, seeing as you don’t need an intact screen. Usually a few broken-LCD parts machines floating about for peanuts, bought a few myself. I’d estimate $50-$150 for a complete parts unit sans working screen, $<75 if the disk/battery/cord is missing.
If the unit has any fan mountings that aren’t populated (a common but strange practice in laptops), putting fans in them could save your new parts from the same fate.

]]> By: woofwoofarf https://wolfhusky.net/duncan/wp/2004/01/well-poop/#comment-1303 Sun, 11 Jan 2004 06:17:12 +0000 http://woofwoofarf.wordpress.com/2004/01/10/well-poop/#comment-1303 In reply to nrasser.

Nope, no dice. No signal at all through the video out, unfortunately.
I suspect that this is going to mean a new laptop, given what it takes to fix/replace motherboards. Well, if nothing else, I suppose we can track down a parts laptop, put the new board into this one, and use it for MFF. Still, it would be nice if we could find a way out that doesn’t cost $800-1,000.

]]> By: nrasser https://wolfhusky.net/duncan/wp/2004/01/well-poop/#comment-1302 Sat, 10 Jan 2004 23:38:51 +0000 http://woofwoofarf.wordpress.com/2004/01/10/well-poop/#comment-1302 Ack. Sony’s business electronics unit slips a little further in my already-extremely-low opinion of them. *hugs*
Will the machine work normally using the video out connector?

]]> By: fuzzytoedcollie https://wolfhusky.net/duncan/wp/2004/01/well-poop/#comment-1301 Sat, 10 Jan 2004 19:10:44 +0000 http://woofwoofarf.wordpress.com/2004/01/10/well-poop/#comment-1301 *ack*!
Sorry to hear you’re having the laptop troubles. Hope you have resolution soon!
grateful for my Toshiba laptop, which has been running for almost 3 years, even after a 3-foot drop onto a cement floor!!!

]]> By: animist https://wolfhusky.net/duncan/wp/2004/01/well-poop/#comment-1300 Sat, 10 Jan 2004 18:22:21 +0000 http://woofwoofarf.wordpress.com/2004/01/10/well-poop/#comment-1300 … even in the future, nothing works!
It reminds me of the line in Space Balls, near the end of the movie where they are trying to stop the ship from self destructing and find an out of order tag on the cancel button. “…even in the future, nothing works!” Or something like that. Don’t hold me to the actual words, and yes, I know I left one out!
Sorry to hear about your lap top, but it does seem that things are a lot less trustworthy than they used to be. Here we are, in the future we heard about as kids… well, no personal helicopter for me, yet, that’s a bummer. But anyway, it seems like the future is a lot more flakier and cheaply made than I thought it would be!
Best of luck in getting your problems resolved in a timely and financially reasonable manner. Take care!
— Bob

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