I finally get my laptop back (Page 3): Thanx to all who read my post in the manner I intended. My iPad was indeed unrecoverable, or ‘toast’ at that time. Cloud mirrored backup saves my...

GEngel-usmc Loc: Spencerport NY - I miss Lakeland, FL

Thanx to all who read my post in the manner I intended. My iPad was indeed unrecoverable, or ‘toast’ at that time. Cloud mirrored backup saves my azz again!

PS: I used to have a Service Shop (retired) and saw many computer customer unrecoverables with no backups on my bench. Not a plan, folks! I learned from others mistakes. Thanks again.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

paulrph1 wrote:

Reminds me of an issue I had. Went to store that says it fixed all electronics. It was a GPS/walkie talkie. I forgot to remove batteries and terminals were corroded. He told me he could not fix it because he could not get the parts. They do not fix anything, anymore they just exchange parts.

Ummmm....
Wouldn't exchanging parts (good for bad) be repairing it?

paulrph1 Loc: Washington, Utah

Longshadow wrote:

Ummmm....
Wouldn't exchanging parts (good for bad) be repairing it?

Sort of but not by old time standards. In other word they did not repair and felt content to let it go to the trash bin. They were about $500 EACH.

Barre Loc: Fairfax Co, VA

Longshadow wrote:

Yea, changing computers for me takes a week or two to get everything re-aligned.
The second week is just here and there final tweaking.
I dislike changing computers. My last laptop and desktop each were about 10 years old.
But got forced into it because some applications no longer supported Win 7......

What's a real pain is when your computer crashes

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

paulrph1 wrote:

Sort of but not by old time standards. In other word they did not repair and felt content to let it go to the trash bin. They were about $500 EACH.

Scrapping and exchanging parts are different solutions.

BebuLamar

paulrph1 wrote:

Sort of but not by old time standards. In other word they did not repair and felt content to let it go to the trash bin. They were about $500 EACH.

Electronics you can only replace not fix. If you have a burned out resistor you have to replace it. How do you fix a resistor? Now if a trace on the PCB is burned out you can patch it but it's not a good thing. It's better to replace it.

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

BebuLamar wrote:

Electronics you can only replace not fix. If you have a burned out resistor you have to replace it. How do you fix a resistor? Now if a trace on the PCB is burned out you can patch it but it's not a good thing. It's better to replace it.

Depends on the board and why the trace burned. If it’s a $300 board, replacing any bad components and wiring around a burned trace makes economic sense - just not that hard to do. Assuming of course, you know how to solder…

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

BebuLamar wrote:

Electronics you can only replace not fix. If you have a burned out resistor you have to replace it. How do you fix a resistor? Now if a trace on the PCB is burned out you can patch it but it's not a good thing. It's better to replace it.

I, and others I know, have used <solid> wire soldered to the good parts of the trace to repair a buggered trace. Works great! Never had a problem.

paulrph1 Loc: Washington, Utah

BebuLamar wrote:

Electronics you can only replace not fix. If you have a burned out resistor you have to replace it. How do you fix a resistor? Now if a trace on the PCB is burned out you can patch it but it's not a good thing. It's better to replace it.

These were corroded plates caused from a leaky battery that I forgot to remove. Gave them to my son who is an engineer and he cleaned them up and they work as good as new. Besides if you look at the plates they are replacable. Never say never. I cleaned up the easier one myself.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

BebuLamar wrote:

My Lenovo P1 Gen4 laptop finally came back from service last night. I am glad I had the warranty because they replaced almost everything. They replaced the LCD, The motherboard, The top cover including the keyboard. It looks like new. It also came back with the original Windows 10. I have to upgrade it to Windows 11 and then reinstall all the software. I guess it would take me about a week to complete all that.

That's great warranty service.

BebuLamar

jerryc41 wrote:

That's great warranty service.

Yes Jerry! Some of the damage was because I dropped it.