My computer. It is broken. I could cry. HELP! Will offer bribe!
jolrei:
If it's under warranty, or if the company has a good service plan, yeah. You could also find a laptop/compy refurbishing business. This might be quicker than sending it off somewhere. I got my wife's lappy redone in 24 hours.
Annan:
Especially since it is a recurring problem - even if you have no warranty left now, you've obviously had them look at it for the same issues several times before. It's not your fault they didn't fix what was actually broken.
Ellatrue:
Unfortunately it is no longer under warranty, and if I want them to fix ANYTHING now, I have to pay them oodles of money to do so.
Would a broken motherboard or a broken connection explain why I only have this problem when starting the computer, though, and only sometimes? I mean, if it is that kind of a hardware problem, why wouldn't it crash the computer while I'm using it?
I'm wondering if the computer is valuable enough to be worth hiring someone or getting a new motherboard. And if I do that, I think I have to know for sure what the problem is, first.
jolrei:
Can you unseat and reseat the hard drive? (Wife's lappy HD can be unscrewed and slid out and reinserted without opening the whole case). You could just check then that the connectors are clean while you do that. Reseating it might solve the problem if it's the slide in slide out type of HD. Do this when the lappy is totally shut down, of course.
I am having the same logic-fu issues while thinking of your problem here. Don't know why it would just affect startup and not other things. However in the interests of trying anything that might work...
If it's not valuable enought to fix, it is time to replace. If it is valuable enough to fix, is it cheaper to replace? This may depend on how long you will have to wait and deal with this annoyance prior to replacing (i.e. if you don't have the cash right now). I had an old compy that ate operating systems (actually it developed quite a taste for Microsoft products). I strongly grew to suspect that it was a faulty processor or a dying mobo, but ultimately it was not worth repairing. I had to live with the damn thing like that (reinstalling the OS every few days) for 3 months until I could scrape together the cash to do a full upgrade.
mistymage:
Quote from: Ellatrue on 2008 January 30, 19:10:19
Unfortunately it is no longer under warranty, and if I want them to fix ANYTHING now, I have to pay them oodles of money to do so.
Would a broken motherboard or a broken connection explain why I only have this problem when starting the computer, though, and only sometimes? I mean, if it is that kind of a hardware problem, why wouldn't it crash the computer while I'm using it?
I'm wondering if the computer is valuable enough to be worth hiring someone or getting a new motherboard. And if I do that, I think I have to know for sure what the problem is, first.
I'm guessing that the problem occurs because your laptop is cold and the connecting spot is like this-> [ ] and when it warms up or is played in a warm environment is it like this-> []. Metal expands when heated and contracts when cooled.
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