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Laptop repairs, where's best?

  • 08-11-2004 11:09pm
    #1
    degsie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,755 ✭✭✭


    It finally happened, da wife spilled a bottle of beer all over my IBM thinkpad 600e laptop :o The thing is dead as a dodo! Took it apart and dried as best as I could. Let it sit for a day, still no luck....
    Looking for suggestions for a good repair shop in the Dublin area. Anybody got expierence here? Thanks.


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  • #2
    degsie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,755 ✭✭✭degsie


    anybody??????


  • #3
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,563 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    No good news I'm afraid

    Beer is fizzy and some brands can reach parts the others can't reach, you are probably looking at cleaning it with distilled water / alcohol / using a water dispersant (can't find the link , thought I'd saved it last week) etc. - ie. by the time the beer is cleaned out you are hopefully only trying to fix a water damaged laptop..

    It's an old laptop. Spares may not be available. Technicians time costs money. It's probably beyond ecomonic repair. And even if repaired will never be 100% reliable.
    Might be time to price a replacement, the LCD should be Ok and someone may buy it off you. The HDD will probably be ok so it could be removed and put in a USB adaptor to read old data.


    A quick google found this - this it the Retail cost of replacement,
    eBay or Boards should be a lot less.
    http://www.sterlingxs.co.uk/scpages/ibmtoshibalaptops.html
    IBTP600/41 IBM Thinkpad 600E, PII 366, 128/6/DVD/FDD £229.99

    You could try taking out the battery and FDD/CD ..


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