That's not a good idea IMO. The "flat fee" would not include parts and a motherboard can run up to $400-$500. You can buy a new laptop for about $500 now. Laptops with big problems are not usually worth fixing.
I bought a brand new Dell Studio 1536 from staples, and it had a problem where if you put more then the slightest pressure on the left touch pad button, the laptop would just power-off (not shut down, just like you yanked the battery)
they couldn't fix it.. they sent it back to Dell... Dell apparently couldn't fix it either, because they sent it back to me 'fixed' and it did exactly the same thing when I powered it back up there at staples.. I had to get quite agrressive with Staples to make them give me another laptop.. and this Studio isn't exactly right either.
Mary G
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January 24th, 2009 11:00
That's not a good idea IMO. The "flat fee" would not include parts and a motherboard can run up to $400-$500. You can buy a new laptop for about $500 now. Laptops with big problems are not usually worth fixing.
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January 24th, 2009 17:00
Bad idea.
I bought a brand new Dell Studio 1536 from staples, and it had a problem where if you put more then the slightest pressure on the left touch pad button, the laptop would just power-off (not shut down, just like you yanked the battery)
they couldn't fix it.. they sent it back to Dell... Dell apparently couldn't fix it either, because they sent it back to me 'fixed' and it did exactly the same thing when I powered it back up there at staples.. I had to get quite agrressive with Staples to make them give me another laptop.. and this Studio isn't exactly right either.