DRTDVL 0 Report post Posted October 15, 2009 the worst is when your repairing a pc and come across the persons dodgy photos... we have had a person come in to the helpdesk when i was there complaining about speed and lack of hdd space on his work laptop... reason for lack of space = 9.8gb of porn... anouther was naked photos of the male user and close ups... ahhhhh Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
antil33t 90 Report post Posted October 15, 2009 Hahaha. Poor bastard. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Simon* Report post Posted October 15, 2009 Q? CDROM spools. Screen is dead, HDD is dead, power light is only one to come on. No fan, no motherboard mounted ancillaries seem to function at all. Am I correct in concluding that the motherboard has failed? Am assuming CDROM draws power direct, rather than from mboard Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
antil33t 90 Report post Posted October 15, 2009 I would say it has failed. the board can still power up, but not work. hence would power on the CD Drive. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
User Name 19 Report post Posted October 15, 2009 COuld be motherboard or powersupply given the fact if screen doesnt come on - if laptop prob open up and check power is going through damn hardware Q? CDROM spools. Screen is dead, HDD is dead, power light is only one to come on. No fan, no motherboard mounted ancillaries seem to function at all. Am I correct in concluding that the motherboard has failed? Am assuming CDROM draws power direct, rather than from mboard Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DRTDVL 0 Report post Posted October 15, 2009 either way you looking at the expensive parts to repair/replace Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Simon* Report post Posted October 15, 2009 either way you looking at the expensive parts to repair/replace Yeah and more importantly how do I go about sourcing bloody Dell components anyway? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DRTDVL 0 Report post Posted October 15, 2009 call dell... or ask online... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
antil33t 90 Report post Posted October 15, 2009 Tbh, I wouldn't even try replace that motherboard. It will be extremely expensive. Better off claiming insurance. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DRTDVL 0 Report post Posted October 15, 2009 graysonline.co.nz currently have ex-lease/old stock HP and IBM laptops for sub $300 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Simon* Report post Posted October 15, 2009 Am trying the online game at the moment - keep getting funnelled out due to being out of warranty Insurance is looking the good option I guess Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
elmarco 56 Report post Posted October 16, 2009 last few times I had tried this, Completely different chip sets, it would blue screen on start up.. Yes It can be done, I just prefer to have a clean copy. ShadowProtect. It installs all the correct drivers for the new hardware while keeping the current data, license keys, passwords, setups..... IT consultants swear by it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nu-Del 0 Report post Posted October 27, 2009 Download a program called EASEUS data recovery wizard. It works 9 times out 10 to recover lost data. No software will recover all of the files and some maybe corrupt as a result of this. If you like i can send you the full version which allows you to recover all the files. The trial is sh*t as Can I grab a copy of that off ya dude.... ive had a drive in my media machine die on me... tried using the western digital scanning software and it came up complaining about to many bad sectors and would really like to get everything back off it flick me an email dude davidcollier at orcon dot net dot nz Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
