Report, edit, etc...Posted by saibaman8 on 2005-12-22 at 00:10:27
Ok. My laptop started having power problems at the beginning of this year. The battery wouldn't hold a charge. I got a new battery, and the same thing was happening. I was too lazy to send it in, so I decided I'd live with it. Well, my sister kept letting the power cord fall out, and I did a bit, too, until I realized that it wasn't so much of a computer that goes on your lap as a computer that goes on your desk now. It's condition continued to deteriorate as the year went on. Sometimes it wouldn't even turn on for short periods of time (which is when the method of fixing that I'm getting to first came in to this). Recently, it's been going through the start-up scrolly thing that Windows has for a bit, then turn off. I couldn't get the OS CD to work. It would load all of the files then just freeze. So, I finally decided to just leave it until I stopped being so lazy to send it in. But, I found the Application Recovery CD after letting it sit for a week, and was about to use that, but after I put the CD in and decided to just let it go through its, what was now, usual routine, it started up. I thought, this isn't going to work. It never did before. But, I logged in and it actually stayed on this time. Usually when it started up, it would work for 4 seconds, then freeze.
After all this, I came to the conclusion that if some software on your laptop breaks in some way or another, the best way to fix it is to just let it sit there... unplugged. I'm confused. How could this work?
After all this, I came to the conclusion that if some software on your laptop breaks in some way or another, the best way to fix it is to just let it sit there... unplugged. I'm confused. How could this work?
Report, edit, etc...Posted by warhammer40000 on 2005-12-22 at 00:14:25
Sounds like you should get it repaired, because it seems a bit too technical... But eh... I dunno, I use Macs.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Tmac on 2005-12-22 at 00:46:56
How old is the thing?
Might be a better idea to get a new one if you can afford it, that goes for everything in life.
Might be a better idea to get a new one if you can afford it, that goes for everything in life.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Caboose on 2005-12-22 at 00:48:10
This is exactly what is happening to my laptop. I don't care really since I don't use it.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by ... on 2005-12-22 at 12:37:48
My laptop doesnt recharge my battery anymore. 
I gotta use the stupid AV power cord.
I gotta use the stupid AV power cord.Report, edit, etc...Posted by saibaman8 on 2005-12-22 at 17:35:10
QUOTE(Tmac @ Dec 22 2005, 01:46 AM)
How old is the thing?
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I got it early last October, so a year and 2 months, almost 3.
Now my iPod is acting like my laptop. Last night, it went all comatose on me. It wouldn't start up, not even make the usual whirring noise or display anything on the screen. I charged it for an hour and still nothing. I let it sit... it was fine this morning
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Centreri on 2005-12-22 at 19:10:14
My laptop is working fine.
It's a bit messy on the desktop, but from what I see, everything is good.
Well, It loads very slow, something is wrong in that department (It takes 10 minutes to start up, and I have a decent laptop. Its not normal), but everything works.
I can't help with this, I'm not an engineering kind of guy.
It's a bit messy on the desktop, but from what I see, everything is good.
Well, It loads very slow, something is wrong in that department (It takes 10 minutes to start up, and I have a decent laptop. Its not normal), but everything works.
I can't help with this, I'm not an engineering kind of guy.