XPost: comp.os.linux.misc, alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: nospam@needed.invalid   
      
   On Fri, 7/18/2025 5:05 PM, The Natural Philosopher wrote:   
   > On 18/07/2025 21:24, Jack wrote:   
   >> On 18/07/2025 11:11, The Natural Philosopher wrote:   
   >>> So if it is *merely* a display problem perhaps you could send it to all   
   >>> the peole here who thingk that replacing a screen and cable is a   
   doddle..:-)   
   >>   
   >> The thing(s) most users of laptops can do themselves are:   
   >>   
   >> Change/upgrade HDD/SSD   
   >> Upgrade Memory   
   >> Apply new CPU thermal paste   
   >> Clean internal fan   
   >> Change keyboard (but very rarely!!)   
   >> Change battery (but requires unscrewing the old one on thin laptops - not   
   >> accessible easily these days)   
   >>   
   > Unfortunately all these require one thing most users of laptops *cannot* do   
   themselves   
   > Open the fucking thing up without destroying it!   
   >   
   >   
   >> Anything else requires careful cost/benefit analysis.   
      
   They're just screws, they won't bite :-)   
      
   Since there is nothing particularly to lose on   
   this project, it all depends on whether a carcass can   
   be located for a transplant. If the disassembly-reassembly   
   doesn't work, it isn't the end of the world.   
      
   If parts cannot be located, then the project has an easy answer.   
   If the parts price is too high, that also answers the question.   
   That's why a carcass is usually cheaper than "focused parts".   
   People who part out and charge the moon for the bits, are   
   to be avoided.   
      
      Paul   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)