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    Repairing laptops

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by paulsiu, Sep 18, 2006.

  1. paulsiu

    paulsiu Notebook Geek

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    I was wondering how easy it is to get spare parts for laptops. At some point, the laptop will go out of warranty or break. I was wondering how easy or economical it is to find spare parts and repair it myself.

    Are Dell pretty much the easiest to find parts for since there are so many of them?

    Paul
     
    paulsiu, Sep 18, 2006
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  2. Tim

    Tim Notebook Virtuoso

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    Well you can find parts on ebay. Most of the time the laptop is too old to even bother to fix up.
    Tim
     
    Tim, Sep 18, 2006
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  3. drumfu

    drumfu super modfu

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    what tim said. it's usually not cost effective to repair a notebook after a couple years. by then, you can usually buy a new one for a little more than the parts would cost you.

    you can get spare parts from ebay or dell spare parts.
     
    drumfu, Sep 18, 2006
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  4. Arla

    Arla Notebook Deity

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    Basically the big problem with MOST laptops is that when something goes wrong, the "fix" is to replace the mainboard (assuming the RAM, Hard Drive etc are okay).

    Motherboards aren't worth fixing, just cheaper and easier to buy a new laptop.
     
    Arla, Sep 18, 2006
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