[Scottish] fun with laptops {Scanned}

[Matt Lowe]

Just for info,
Any one in the future, i MAY be able to get certain spare parts for laptops,
but wont know what and  pricing until some one asks for the stuff :)

Not trying to advertise or anything :)

Just in case any more pints land on laptops :)


Marl_mobile


----- Original Message -----
From: "William Anderson" <neuro at well.com>
To: "SLUG-list" <scottish at mailman.lug.org.uk>
Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2004 10:57 AM
Subject: Re: [Scottish] fun with laptops {Scanned}


> William Anderson wrote:
> > for those who were there last night and wanting a status update, the
> > Latitude is doing well, considering it had a pint of lager poured over
> > it - admittedly accidentally!  The keyboard isn't responding in the
> > slightest, but it fires up, trackpad and buttons work, and I'm using it
> > over rdp right now.
> >
> > So not quite as bad as it first may have seemed :)
>
> In case anyone's still worried about The Laptop That Took The Pint, the
> keyboard is responding nicely even without the bath I threatened it with
> (one of the keyboard screws stripped - bloody soft Dell screw heads).
>
> Just as well really, as Dell got back to me today with an out-of-warranty
> service call quote (they wouldn't do it under warranty) to RTB the laptop,
> replace the keyboard, and return it to me - £250 ex VAT all in ...
> *shocking*!  Oh, and they wouldn't sell me the keyboard as a spare part,
> presumably non-user-servicable from their point of view, despite the four
> screws marked "K" on the underside ...
>
> Something to bear in mind at the next ScotLUG meeting, Keep Those Laptops
Safe!
>
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