My compy is well beyond the warranty period, and even beyond the age of the recall on the defective video processor soldering of that era. So a couple weeks ago when Humpty’s video wigged out for the second time in his distinguished career, I figured that was the end. I was being forced by fate to buy a new computer. Oh well.
But then I found a company online that was reportedly able to repair such problems for $50 plus shipping. They only want the logic board though, so I disassembled Humpty (using instructions printed off the internet) and sent it in. And this week it came back to me!
Then I had to reassemble it. From this:
To this:
It worked! (Yay!) And I even had a dozen screws left over!
There must be something in Murphy’s Law about warranty periods… My computer started acting up as soon as I got back to Brazil (far away from cheap computers). It won’t recognize any printers, it’s drivers got corrupted or something. Maybe send me some of your extra screws and I will see if I can make it work again.
That’s why I never buy a Mac, they charge you for all those extra screws.