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Talkbass computer gurus, Sony laptops?

#24
GeneralElectric said:
Nope.

Sony wouldn't let me buy the part from them. I had to buy the service manual to find out what part I need to buy, since they wouldn't tell me.:hmm:

I've been meaning to hit you up. A store ended up taking the laptop and never even opened it up by the time I was supposed to pick it up. :scowl:
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Well, send it west, I'll see what I can do. Only cost ya postage.
 
#25
rcarraher said:
He might get away with a reload, but I seriously doubt it.
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Very true. You notice though that I never said it was a sure thing to work in his case just that it worked in that one situation that I resolved. That same desktop is still running fine to this day. It certainly would not hurt to try to re-install an OS....

rcarraher said:
A hard drive has the plates spinning at 5400 to 7200 RPMs just microns off the platters. The heads move in and out on the platters. Any serius bump will cause the heads to "crash" into the platters causing physicall damage.
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+1...

rcarraher said:
A hard drive spinning with the heads that close to the platters has been equated to a pilot flying a 747 at the speed of sound an inch off the ground. Not to much room for error or turbulence, you might say.
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Nice analogy....
 
#27
Lenovo is high quality ****. Im on a t42 and its been great.

Looks like its time to get rid of that HDD and throw in an SSD. Your best is to listen to fdeck, load a live CD/usb of a linux distro, then see if you can access anything. If not, accept the fact that the HDD is done and that your files are done, unless you want to pay some hefty cash to those data recovery people. Good Luck!
 
#28
Your hard drive is inoperable. That is why it won't boot. Funny, and kinda ironic considering that a few years ago, IBM ran ads about how their laptops were constructed to survive just such a scenario, what with an accelerometer built in-line with the drive that would shut the drive down before impact... get your hard drive to a data recovery service, and get a new drive.
 
#29
ebozzz said:
Since you're offering, can I send you a couple? :D ;)
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What, you have a dead laptop too? I actually managed to kill the hard drive in my T30 a couple months ago. Went to whack a cat away from climbing across the keyboard, and whacked the laptop off the TV tray and across the room. Managed to get the info off, but I used to work in a clean room, so recovering data isn't that hard in the right conditions. But the drive was physically bad and wouldn't take a reload. But drives are cheap. Seriously, if you have a probelm with a laptop, PM me and if you can't get it fixed in where your at, I'll look at it free, you just have to pay the postage.
 
#30
hover said:
Your hard drive is inoperable. That is why it won't boot. Funny, and kinda ironic considering that a few years ago, IBM ran ads about how their laptops were constructed to survive just such a scenario, what with an accelerometer built in-line with the drive that would shut the drive down before impact... get your hard drive to a data recovery service, and get a new drive.
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IBM's are tougher than rocks. My T30 has been knocked off desks, stepped on in server rooms, bounced across more air ports than I want to think about. fallen out of car doors, etc...after 7 years I finally managed to kill the drive. See the post above for how.
 
#31
Ok, I'll be honest, this thread has gone way, way over my head.

I tried using another Vista disc I had handy, I got one loading screen further.

I sent it into the shop I bought it from, and they reckon they can fix it, gonna cost about 150€ and I'll have it next week, heres hoping.....
 
#32
rcarraher said:
What, you have a dead laptop too?
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:D Nah, I was just joking! Although, I do have an old Dell Latitude CPt C series that just died on me. I am still trying to decide if I even want to try to fix it. There's no ethernet or internal wireless. Had to use a PCMCIA card for web access. It was running Xubuntu and being used by my 9 year old primarily. My others are doing fine at the moment.

rcarraher said:
I actually managed to kill the hard drive in my T30 a couple months ago. Went to whack a cat away from climbing across the keyboard, and whacked the laptop off the TV tray and across the room. Managed to get the info off, but I used to work in a clean room, so recovering data isn't that hard in the right conditions. But the drive was physically bad and wouldn't take a reload. But drives are cheap.
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:) Fortunately, I have not been as hard on mine. Drives prices are pretty inexpensive now. I've got 4 TB of just storage at home for music, video and files. Sure is nice to have. I will be glad when the solid state drives prices start to become more reasonable. I would love to have one in my main laptop but the cost to capacity ratio just doesn't work for me right now.

rcarraher said:
Seriously, if you have a probelm with a laptop, PM me and if you can't get it fixed in where your at, I'll look at it free, you just have to pay the postage.
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That's very nice of you! Thanks! :bassist:
 
#34
There are 3 Dell laptops in my house and I manage about 5 dell laptops where I work.

Albeit a handful of minor issues here and there (and then the typical wear and tear over time), dell's are very solid computers in my experience.

Once again, that is just me, and I pride myself in taking very good care of any of my computers. What I enjoy about Dell is the great deals you can find sometimes. I purchased my laptop with a coupon that gave me $750 off any inspiron over $2000. Best deal ever.

I also recommend some of the HP's, though I am not crazy about them. The Sony Vaio's are not bad either.

All in all, I am just a Dell man as far as laptops go though.
 
#35
tplyons said:
Incorrect. Lenovo is a separate company which bought the IBM ThinkPad brand and the rest of their computer business shortly after.

Lenovo is not IBM, but either way, they're good products.
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No, Lenovo is not IBM but they now control that aspect of what was IBM. So what I said, albeit short, was basically the same thing....
 
#36
Sonic_Death said:
There are 3 Dell laptops in my house and I manage about 5 dell laptops where I work.

Albeit a handful of minor issues here and there (and then the typical wear and tear over time), dell's are very solid computers in my experience.

Once again, that is just me, and I pride myself in taking very good care of any of my computers. What I enjoy about Dell is the great deals you can find sometimes. I purchased my laptop with a coupon that gave me $750 off any inspiron over $2000. Best deal ever.

I also recommend some of the HP's, though I am not crazy about them. The Sony Vaio's are not bad either.

All in all, I am just a Dell man as far as laptops go though.
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I like Dell's also. My main laptop is a Vostro 1500.... :cool:
 
#37
ebozzz said:
:D Nah, I was just joking! Although, I do have an old Dell Latitude CPt C series that just died on me. I am still trying to decide if I even want to try to fix it. There's no ethernet or internal wireless. Had to use a PCMCIA card for web access. It was running Xubuntu and being used by my 9 year old primarily. My others are doing fine at the moment.



:) Fortunately, I have not been as hard on mine. Drives prices are pretty inexpensive now. I've got 4 TB of just storage at home for music, video and files. Sure is nice to have. I will be glad when the solid state drives prices start to become more reasonable. I would love to have one in my main laptop but the cost to capacity ratio just doesn't work for me right now.



That's very nice of you! Thanks! :bassist:
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I have a box or two full of dead Dell parts. Your right, not worth spending too mush on, but if you troubleshoot it down and know what part you need, give a holler, I'll send it if I have it. Have plenty of PCMCIA Ethernet/Modem Cards too.
 
#38
ebozzz said:
No, Lenovo is not IBM but they now control that aspect of what was IBM. So what I said, albeit short, was basically the same thing....
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I remember the original IBM Thinkpads from 16 years ago and they're arguably the best built, most dependable notebook computer ever made. What Lenovo is making now can't compare. I came very close to buying one until I started reading the Lenovo forums and all the issues they're having. I settled on an HP EliteBook. These are what the original Thinkpads were. The chassis is aluminum and magnesium, they come with XP Professional and the disk for Vista Business if you want to install it. They also come standard with a matte screen and virtually no bloatware. When you turn it on, it actually gives you options of what you want to install. Turn it over and there's user accessible compartments for the memory, hd, optical drive, and wireless card. They're designed for IT departments to swap out parts very easily and they're built to take the rigors of the road. Oh and they come standard with a three year parts/labor warranty.

You don't buy these in big box stores. You buy them from HP or select online dealers. I got mine from Macmall of all places. If you're looking for a solid, dependable, easy to work on notebook, check these out. They're not cheap, but you get what you pay for and with these machines, you get a lot. Mine came with a 2.53ghz processor, 14.1" SVGA, 250gb 7200rpm hd, wireless, webcam, 2gb ram, ATI Radeon video w./256mb, etc. I payed $1250. Here's the site if you want to check them out:

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