My laptop is back! After the AC port burned out, the entire motherboard had to be replaced. Take a tip from the picture on the left. Tape the AC adapter cord to the body of the laptop to keep it from pulling and causing an expensive problem. I'm so happy to have it back. Now my lazy ass can sit here in my chair while I surf the web and telly at the same time. Life is good.
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Laptop Lazies
My laptop is back! After the AC port burned out, the entire motherboard had to be replaced. Take a tip from the picture on the left. Tape the AC adapter cord to the body of the laptop to keep it from pulling and causing an expensive problem. I'm so happy to have it back. Now my lazy ass can sit here in my chair while I surf the web and telly at the same time. Life is good.
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Glad you got yours back. I know what you mean about laptops.
My beloved elderly aunt gave me her $1200 Michigan income tax refund and sent me out to get a new computer, because she said I needed one for work.
I got an HP 9730 laptop with 17" display (for when I do indexing and other Excel spreadsheet work -it's easier being able to see the entire spreadsheet, rather than constantly scrolling), 3GB RAM, and 250GB hard drive. These things are amazing! Though it's 1 lb heavier than the smaller ones, it's still portable enough to take to Panera and sit with a cup of coffee and surf the web. I like the fact that I'm not tied to one room when I'm on the computer. Laptops rock!
They really do.
What a sweet thing for your aunt to do for you. Enjoy!
Thanks, Steph! Yeah, my aunt's the best! She's going to be 97 in a couple of weeks and you'd think she was only in her 60s. She's still sharp as a tack. Plus, she's a wealth of history, especially concerning the Great Depression, which she lived through. She said she can see the same things going on today as were going on back then that led to the depression of the '20s-'30s.
Funny - she retired from GM - the world's largest auto company - and never learned to drive and never owned a car! I guess that's why she's reached the age of 97! haha She's never dealt with road rage, rush hour traffic and frustrating road construction.
P.S. Thanks much for the tip about the AC adaptor cord!
P.P.S. The adaptor cord port on my computer is on the side, so I haven't run into any problems with awkward cord placement or anything.
Mine is on the side too, and I hate it! Always bumping into stuff with it...the cats always rubbing their faces on it. I sense an expensive problem down the road.
I think I'll use Velcro on mine, instead of tape. There's already some on the cord anyway. But the real solution is to eventually buy a larger capacity battery. How do all those people in airports and planes do it??
I just had a similar problem, except it was caused by one of the felines with whom we share our home -- probably Doris, the one in my avatar. I came out one morning to find that the cord had been chewed through. It took me a week to get a new one. Fortunately, Jim's laptop uses a compatible cord, so we were able to swap it back and forth.
Cats...
Mine is safe so far, as I don't have a cat. I should keep this in mind, though, because once I move to Portland and have my own apartment I want to have a cat and a dog (nearly all the apartments I've looked at in the Portland area are pet friendly, unlike here in Michigan where you're hard-pressed to find a place that will even accept a hamster in a cage!).
The velcro strip idea is a good one. As a backpacker, I tend to use duct tape as my main source of repairs of things - but it gets sticky after a while.
Anything can be repaired with duct tape and bailing wire!!
:-)
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