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Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Defective laptop
Date: Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:31:32 +0000
From: Gareth France <gareth.france@???>
To: alan c <aeclist@???>
How is it that I have seen the reply to this post but not the original?
Strange... Yes Alan, I certainly could make use of this laptop. I think
I will be moving in a far more laptop orientated direction over the
coming months.
Jonny, where are you based and how much would you want for me to take
the laptop off your hands?
Gareth
On 05/02/12 15:21, alan c wrote:
> Gareth France who has begun a 'Ubuntu machines here' table at computer
> fairs (Bracknell and Bristol I think) is also doing spares and repairs
> of misc laptops so it might become a useful spares resource for him?
> Geographic location is a factor I guess, for any handover. I am in
> Bracknell, so I expect to see him each month. And I would want to try
> to support him if possible:
>
> http://cliftonts.co.uk/cubuntu
>
> On 05/02/12 13:48, Jon Wilks wrote:
>> I have an Acer 8730ZG laptop that is about 2 years old but is no longer
>> working and I am after some ideas as to what to do with it as it is not
>> economic to repair it. It is basically dead (power light goes on when
>> plugged in but pressing power switch does nothing). I have had 2 repair
>> shops look at it and the first (Comet repairs) wanted to swap out the
>> mother board at a cost of about £300 and the second (laptoprepair.co.uk)
>> say that the motherboard is beyond repair.
>>
>> It seems a shame to just take it down the dump. Any ideas?
>>
>> Jonny.
>>
>
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