help!!

[marravtr]

hi, ive had my laptop a few yrs now, but its always been fantastic untill the last week, sometimes it wont turn on, switch the power off leave it 5 mins then it will power up fine?? worked ok this morn but now wont come on, all the lights come on but cant hear the fan and the screen stays blank? any ideas pls, its a compaq evo N1015V, really dont want a new one as im using the other arfs atm and not keen at all thanks marra

[benny hedges]

bad news - compaq are shite lol pound to a penny its the mobo is goosed.
good news, argos doing msi notebooks cheap. highly recommended piece of kit.
if it was a dear one maybe claim on house insurance, drop it in the bath or summat first so its proper fkt.

[marravtr]

bad news - compaq are shite lol pound to a penny its the mobo is goosed.
good news, argos doing msi notebooks cheap. highly recommended piece of kit.
if it was a dear one maybe claim on house insurance, drop it in the bath or summat first so its proper fkt.

well it wasnt cheap at the time, recon i might run it down the pc shop tomorrow and see if they can do owt, ive got loads of piccys/music on there and dont want to loose it all

[marravtr]

well its not been able to switch on for over 24hrs, then tonite it fires up first time no prob and running fine???? any ideas before i take it down the geek shop and get bent over and fecked!!

[Wicky]

Buy an external drive to back up those important files before it all goes TU and you pay the nose for somebody else to remove old HD and do it for you - then compare the cost of repairing to simply replacing.

http://www.dabs.com/category/components ... 57#filters

I recommend a mac - good as new with warranty

http://store.apple.com/uk/browse/home/s ... OTY2ODY3Nw

[marravtr]

wots an external drive, and backup . i aint got a clue?? i know how to switch it on, email, fleabay and storm site, im fecked aint i i know i dont want a new one, id rather pay for a fix on this

[Wicky]

Your netbook is currently just about worth something between this:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Compaq-Evo-N1050v ... 500wt_1182

and this:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Compaq-Laptop-Evo ... 500wt_1182

How much money do you want to throw at it to fix it? £100 - £200?

[marravtr]

i knew it was old but £11.50s know what you sayin matey thanks,think its time to look for a new one

[Pete.L]

wots an external drive, and backup . i aint got a clue?? i know how to switch it on, email, fleabay and storm site, im fecked aint i i know i dont want a new one, id rather pay for a fix on this

Don't get me wrong Marra but this didn't half make me laugh.
I hope you get sorted.

Pete.l
Quote of the week: By Marra: im fecked aint i

[marravtr]

well i took it down the repair shop and guess wot................................ its fecked but they did manage to save everything off it all me piccys and docs ect on a black box thingymebob and total bill inc price of thingymebob £22, so not a bad result.......... now all i have to do is get all me stuff off the box thingy onto our gerts laptop, jobs a good un! oh yeh and buy a new laptop for me

[marravtr]

just waiting for my 12yr old to come home from school tim

[marravtr]

ahh great minds think alike matey!!!

[seb421]

for a cheap fix give this a try, paste is around 5 quid

get your self some thermal paste from scan

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/5g-Akasa ... usspreader

remove the screws on the back of the laptop (underneath) look for the processor unit remove this, (should have a fan on top of it) carefully clean the thermal paste from both and reapply a new paste, not to much that its going to go everywhere just a even spread on the contact area between the two

now while you have the case open get an old make-up brush or similar off the misses and try clean out as much shite and dust as possible from all areas especially fans and there surrounds.

fit back together and fingers crossed its a gudden.

old laptops and desktops often have trouble with overheating issues due to dust/ poor air flow/ more demanding use of newer applications, and also if they haven't been used in a long time the thermal paste can really harden up

this method has worked for me on a number of old lappy's I've acquired and sold on

[seb421]

for a cheap fix give this a try, paste is around 5 quid

get your self some thermal paste from scan

Any chance of a picture ? :thumbup:

Jesus Christ, are you for real?

Grow up wonker.