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Title: Laptop Chargers
Post by: Miss Demeanour on January 09, 2010, 12:35:02 PM
It would appear that The Brat's laptop charger is fecked  ( again  evil: )

She has had this laptop for about 18 months - 2 yrs and this is the 2nd charger.

1st Question - how long is a charger meant to last ?

2nd Question - why are they not a universal size ? , she could use the ones I have for my work laptop then instead of having to fork out money I haven't got at the moment.

Computer accesories etc are a complete rip off  evil:
Title: Re: Laptop Chargers
Post by: Nick on January 09, 2010, 12:40:35 PM
They should last forever. She must be gubbing it in some way. And yes, cables are extortionately priced  cussing:
Title: Re: Laptop Chargers
Post by: tel on January 09, 2010, 12:48:56 PM
You can buy "universal" chargers, but working out which adapter to use can be very confusing.

Chargers should last for at least 5 years (basic laptop life) - if it breaks, take it back, not fit for purpose etc.
Title: Re: Laptop Chargers
Post by: Just One More on January 09, 2010, 12:52:00 PM
I used  these guys  (http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/content/huddersfield-showroom.asp) a couple of years back and they were very competitive then, and delivered the following day
Title: Re: Laptop Chargers
Post by: Miss Demeanour on January 09, 2010, 12:56:55 PM
Thanks JOM  happy088

Otherwise I won't be able to get onto my own puter and it will be infected with all her crap and nonsense  evil:
Title: Re: Laptop Chargers
Post by: Miss Demeanour on January 17, 2010, 08:35:51 PM
Ok it is not the charger  Banghead

Won't turn on - has it died  eeek:

Title: Re: Laptop Chargers
Post by: Snoopy on January 17, 2010, 08:38:10 PM
New battery then .... or prolly worth replacing the whole machine.
Title: Re: Laptop Chargers
Post by: Miss Demeanour on January 18, 2010, 06:38:02 PM
Ok ...so it is not the charger

....nor the battery

however would appear that the screen is fecked  cussing:

Options

Trash the whole machine  ( 2 years old  eeek:) ?

Try and get it repaired  - but how - it will not log on, can you replace the screen part ?

Leave it and hope it sorts itself out miraculously  noooo:

Title: Re: Laptop Chargers
Post by: Darwins Selection on January 18, 2010, 07:00:16 PM
Ok ...so it is not the charger

....nor the battery

however would appear that the screen is fecked  cussing:

Options

Trash the whole machine  ( 2 years old  eeek:) ?

Try and get it repaired  - but how - it will not log on, can you replace the screen part ?

Leave it and hope it sorts itself out miraculously  noooo:


Mrs DS (#3) has a laptop where the little switch thing that turns the screen light on (like the fridge door) got stuck down.

You could hold it up to a bright light and just see the stuff on the screen but not back lit.

A bit of prodding with a paperclip fixed the switch. Worth a look.

Title: Re: Laptop Chargers
Post by: Pastis on January 18, 2010, 07:07:30 PM
The old paperclip fix  cloud9:.  Haven't used that in years but still have a bent one alongside the post-it notes just in case  redface:
Title: Re: Laptop Chargers
Post by: Barman on January 18, 2010, 08:04:39 PM
The old paperclip fix  cloud9:.  Haven't used that in years but still have a bent one alongside the post-it notes just in case  redface:

For ejecting stuck CDs and stuff....  cloud9:
Title: Re: Laptop Chargers
Post by: Pastis on January 18, 2010, 08:25:00 PM
The old paperclip fix  cloud9:.  Haven't used that in years but still have a bent one alongside the post-it notes just in case  redface:

For ejecting stuck CDs and stuff....  cloud9:

My first bent paperclip was for ejecting floppies  cloud9:.  I think I've still got it somewhere  redface:
Title: Re: Laptop Chargers
Post by: Barman on January 18, 2010, 08:34:43 PM
The old paperclip fix  cloud9:.  Haven't used that in years but still have a bent one alongside the post-it notes just in case  redface:

For ejecting stuck CDs and stuff....  cloud9:

My first bent paperclip was for ejecting floppies  cloud9:.  I think I've still got it somewhere  redface:

3?, 5? or 8?  rubschin:
Title: Re: Laptop Chargers
Post by: Pastis on January 18, 2010, 08:43:30 PM
The old paperclip fix  cloud9:.  Haven't used that in years but still have a bent one alongside the post-it notes just in case  redface:

For ejecting stuck CDs and stuff....  cloud9:

My first bent paperclip was for ejecting floppies  cloud9:.  I think I've still got it somewhere  redface:

3?, 5? or 8?  rubschin:

3?, then the odd Zip disc, then CDs ... not to mention the old SyQuest  eveilgrin:
Title: Re: Laptop Chargers
Post by: Uncle Mort on January 18, 2010, 08:45:14 PM
and resetting the Zen Vision M.  happy088
Title: Re: Laptop Chargers
Post by: Barman on January 18, 2010, 08:49:44 PM
And Bernoulli...?  whistle:
Title: Re: Laptop Chargers
Post by: Uncle Mort on January 18, 2010, 08:51:09 PM
you what?
Title: Re: Laptop Chargers
Post by: Barman on January 18, 2010, 08:53:17 PM
Bernoulli drives...?

You must remember those...?

20Mbytes...

Some clever float on a cushion of air technology?
Title: Re: Laptop Chargers
Post by: Uncle Mort on January 18, 2010, 08:53:54 PM
 noooo:
Title: Re: Laptop Chargers
Post by: Barman on January 18, 2010, 08:55:02 PM
noooo:

Good grief... (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iomega_Bernoulli_Box)  ::)
Title: Re: Laptop Chargers
Post by: Pastis on January 18, 2010, 08:59:32 PM
noooo:

Good grief... (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iomega_Bernoulli_Box)  ::)

Lost me there too BM  noooo:

I still use the trusty bent paperclip to pierce the tops of the hooky ink cartridges tho'  whistle:
Title: Re: Laptop Chargers
Post by: Miss Demeanour on January 18, 2010, 09:02:35 PM
Me three - hadn't got the foggiest  noooo:
Title: Re: Laptop Chargers
Post by: Barman on January 18, 2010, 09:03:19 PM
Ahh.... All bow down before the IT King....  cloud9:
Title: Re: Laptop Chargers
Post by: Darwins Selection on January 18, 2010, 09:04:19 PM
Me three - hadn't got the foggiest  noooo:

But is it the fridge door switch?
Title: Re: Laptop Chargers
Post by: Grumpmeister on January 18, 2010, 09:40:41 PM
Bernoulli drives...?

You must remember those...?

20Mbytes...

Some clever float on a cushion of air technology?

I'm guessing the rest of us aren't old enough to remember them BM  whistle:
Title: Re: Laptop Chargers
Post by: Uncle Mort on January 18, 2010, 09:58:17 PM
Or "Scotty, engage the Bernoulli Drive"
Title: Re: Laptop Chargers
Post by: Grumpmeister on January 18, 2010, 11:17:50 PM
Ahh.... All bow down before the IT King....  cloud9:

Tel was online?  whistle:
Title: Re: Laptop Chargers
Post by: Barman on January 19, 2010, 02:23:32 AM
Ah... those were the days like...  cloud9:
Title: Re: Laptop Chargers
Post by: tel on January 19, 2010, 11:06:01 AM
Wot about 10 platter removeable hard disks, weighed about a stone.

Or paper tape and punched cards?
Title: Re: Laptop Chargers
Post by: Barman on January 19, 2010, 11:17:10 AM
Wot about 10 platter removeable hard disks, weighed about a stone.

Or paper tape and punched cards?

You mean the big CDC cartridges...?

I remember them, used to take about ten minutes for the drive to spin up...  lol:

...about five megabytes storage...
Title: Re: Laptop Chargers
Post by: Miss Demeanour on January 19, 2010, 11:19:36 AM
Can we change the colour of this thread to a sepia tone  whistle:
Title: Re: Laptop Chargers
Post by: Barman on January 19, 2010, 11:31:32 AM
Can we change the colour of this thread to a sepia tone  whistle:

 evil:

Don't be so disrespectful!
Title: Re: Laptop Chargers
Post by: Miss Demeanour on January 19, 2010, 11:32:20 AM
Did it take you ages to carve that message out in stone ?  whistle:
Title: Re: Laptop Chargers
Post by: Barman on January 19, 2010, 11:34:20 AM
Did it take you ages to carve that message out in stone ?  whistle:

No, and the chalk wipes off quite easily thanks you.  evil:
Title: Re: Laptop Chargers
Post by: Miss Demeanour on January 19, 2010, 11:37:32 AM
Oooooooohhhh and I thought the Stropalotabouthis became extinct during the Jurassic period  lol:
Title: Re: Laptop Chargers
Post by: Barman on January 19, 2010, 11:40:53 AM
Oooooooohhhh and I thought the Stropalotabouthis became extinct during the Jurassic period  lol:

No more laptop support for you young lady!  whistle:
Title: Re: Laptop Chargers
Post by: Miss Demeanour on January 19, 2010, 11:45:38 AM
Oh  redface:

Title: Re: Laptop Chargers
Post by: Barman on January 19, 2010, 11:50:09 AM
Oh  redface:



 point:
Title: Re: Laptop Chargers
Post by: tel on January 19, 2010, 11:51:00 AM
Oh  redface:



Quite.
Title: Re: Laptop Chargers
Post by: Miss Demeanour on January 19, 2010, 11:57:56 AM
I am shamed , sitting on the naughty step and facing the wall - what more do you want ?
Title: Re: Laptop Chargers
Post by: Barman on January 19, 2010, 12:05:19 PM
I am shamed , sitting on the naughty step and facing the wall - what more do you want ?

 eyes:












 redface:
Title: Re: Laptop Chargers
Post by: Miss Demeanour on January 19, 2010, 12:06:55 PM
Not that sort of laptop charging BM  whistle:
Title: Re: Laptop Chargers
Post by: Barman on January 19, 2010, 12:07:17 PM
Not that sort of laptop charging BM  whistle:

Oh...  redface:
Title: Re: Laptop Chargers
Post by: Darwins Selection on January 19, 2010, 12:57:58 PM
Not that sort of laptop charging BM  whistle:

DID YOU TRY THE LITTLE CLOSE-THE-LID-AND-SWITCH-THE-LIGHT-OFF STICKING UP THINGY TO SEE IF IT WAS STUCK? 
Title: Re: Laptop Chargers
Post by: Barman on January 19, 2010, 03:41:03 PM
Not that sort of laptop charging BM  whistle:

DID YOU TRY THE LITTLE CLOSE-THE-LID-AND-SWITCH-THE-LIGHT-OFF STICKING UP THINGY TO SEE IF IT WAS STUCK? 

It isn't a fridge Darwin...  noooo:
Title: Re: Laptop Chargers
Post by: Darwins Selection on January 19, 2010, 03:50:50 PM
Not that sort of laptop charging BM  whistle:

DID YOU TRY THE LITTLE CLOSE-THE-LID-AND-SWITCH-THE-LIGHT-OFF STICKING UP THINGY TO SEE IF IT WAS STUCK? 

It isn't a fridge Darwin...  noooo:

Oh right, my mistake. Sorry.  surrender: