Some Old Thing

GiGoMaN · 17th June 2006, 8:35 PM

G'day

My grandfather has come across some old Sony VAIO laptop. It looks about 3 years old ans supposedly has 80 gig of HDD and 256 mb of ram. I thought it would be a goof thing to have in my room so i can type and do schoolwork without having to reall leave my desk and schlepp my books across the house to my desktop. Although (The Problem) my grandfather has done some tricky thing and has converted the power plug (probably nothing big) and now it doesnt work.... Would anyone around happen to know a reliable store were i oculd get this laptop fixed up and ready for use (In Brisbane)? Or just somewere i could send it to in Australia that would make the repairs. It is definantly far out of warranty and RMA is no option either.

Cheers
GiGoMaN

nux · 17th June 2006, 8:36 PM

I dont get what the actual problem is. Just buy a new power adaptor?

GiGoMaN · 17th June 2006, 8:56 PM

Ohh sorry .... He changed the plug internally.... Also The laptop is generally in poor condition.. (ill get a picture when i get to my camera with the didgy work that has been done) Aslo a key is missing (not much to do about that) and there are some boot and virus related problems :S:S

SLATYE · 17th June 2006, 9:04 PM

I would suggest looking on Ebay for a laptop of the same model - but with a dead CPU/mainboard/GPU (because then it'll be virtually worthless, while still having plenty of good parts which can be salvaged).

Swap over the power plug if needed, as well as the keyboard (to fix your problem with the missing key) and any damaged body panels. Result = one almost perfect laptop.

17th June 2006, 8:35 PM	#1
GiGoMaN Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Holland_Park@Brisbane Posts: 570	Some Old Thing G'day My grandfather has come across some old Sony VAIO laptop. It looks about 3 years old ans supposedly has 80 gig of HDD and 256 mb of ram. I thought it would be a goof thing to have in my room so i can type and do schoolwork without having to reall leave my desk and schlepp my books across the house to my desktop. Although (The Problem) my grandfather has done some tricky thing and has converted the power plug (probably nothing big) and now it doesnt work.... Would anyone around happen to know a reliable store were i oculd get this laptop fixed up and ready for use (In Brisbane)? Or just somewere i could send it to in Australia that would make the repairs. It is definantly far out of warranty and RMA is no option either. Cheers GiGoMaN

17th June 2006, 9:04 PM	#4
SLATYE SLATYE, not SLAYTE Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Canberra Posts: 21,040	I would suggest looking on Ebay for a laptop of the same model - but with a dead CPU/mainboard/GPU (because then it'll be virtually worthless, while still having plenty of good parts which can be salvaged). Swap over the power plug if needed, as well as the keyboard (to fix your problem with the missing key) and any damaged body panels. Result = one almost perfect laptop. __________________ Main system: Pentium-D 805 \| 1GB (2x 512MB) PQI DDR400 \| Gigabyte 8I865GMK-775 \| Xtreama Radeon 9800Pro with Zalman ZM-80HP-D \| 320GB WD SATA HDD \| Antec SmartPower 2.0 500w Laptop: Compal EL80 \| C2D T7200 \| 320GB Fujistu HDD \| 2GB DDR2-667 \| GF Go 7600

17th June 2006, 8:36 PM	#2
nux Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Melbourne Posts: 16,801	I dont get what the actual problem is. Just buy a new power adaptor?

17th June 2006, 8:56 PM	#3
GiGoMaN Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Holland_Park@Brisbane Posts: 570	Ohh sorry .... He changed the plug internally.... Also The laptop is generally in poor condition.. (ill get a picture when i get to my camera with the didgy work that has been done) Aslo a key is missing (not much to do about that) and there are some boot and virus related problems :S:S