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Title: Laptop repair, Can this be fixed?
Post by: gonzo90017 on August 12, 2008, 02:40:39 am: My neighbors brought me this none working laptop that was given to them.
The hard drive was removed. After looking at one of my laptops as reference it seemed to me
that when they removed the hard drive but instead of pulling it back then up,
they just pulled it up and broke the connector. Can it be fixed?
Title: Re: Laptop repair, Can this be fixed?
Post by: Singapura on August 12, 2008, 04:01:13 am: It can be fixed but you'll need someone with fine soldering skills. You could use an external hard disk if repair becomes to expensive.
Title: Re: Laptop repair, Can this be fixed?
Post by: gonzo90017 on August 12, 2008, 01:46:27 pm: Can you boot up from an external hd?
Title: Re: Laptop repair, Can this be fixed?
Post by: HaRuMaN on August 12, 2008, 01:56:47 pm: Quote from: gonzo90017 on August 12, 2008, 01:46:27 pm
Can you boot up from an external hd?

That would depend on the motherboard / bios I would think. Can you get into the bios and check boot options?
Title: Re: Laptop repair, Can this be fixed?
Post by: Edgedamage on August 12, 2008, 01:57:01 pm: Quote from: gonzo90017 on August 12, 2008, 01:46:27 pm
Can you boot up from an external hd?
Check your BIOS.
Title: Re: Laptop repair, Can this be fixed?
Post by: ChadTower on August 12, 2008, 02:09:19 pm: A lot of motherboards will not boot from external even if it has that ability if it fails the POST.
Title: Re: Laptop repair, Can this be fixed?
Post by: Thenasty on August 12, 2008, 10:47:24 pm: best bet for you would be to look for the same laptop with a broken LCD (but laptop works). So you can swap your LCD into the other one. I myself still lokking for a laptop with a MOBO but the LCD is good. Mine has a broken LCD but everything works.
Title: Re: Laptop repair, Can this be fixed?
Post by: gonzo90017 on August 13, 2008, 02:47:07 am: Guess I was wrong. Seems I need this (http://cgi.ebay.com/HP-DV1000-Compaq-M2000-HARD-DRIVE-CADDY-Complete-Set_W0QQitemZ370075196129QQihZ024QQcategoryZ31531QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem) Hard drive caddy. Does anyone know if I purchase the caddy if all I need is a regular laptop hard drive?