We are to blame, our skin constantly sheds cells in flakes that form the vast majority of dust in the house... Laptop = plastic and metal item with spinning fans = static electric build up - attracts dust like a moth to a lamp.... Works...
The key killer of GPU's on laptops is blocking vents by resting it on non flat surfaces ie the the duvet or knees... Always on a flat surface and let it breath.... The other thing that can kill them is picking the laptop up and wandering...
Read through this... Usually you have to strip the laptop down to get to it, but take the back covers off the RAM, hard drive and Wifi card and see if you can see it...
Yeah, your gonna need to recheck the connections... When you took the old screen out, did you disconnect the lot from the motherboard? If so you may have missed putting the earth back on.... With wifi, reseat the card first, before...
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Originally Posted by GNandGS
Hooboy! Hindsight 20/20 but stop trying to force a wet lappy to operate. Turn it off, leave it off, and have the battery removed and let it be for a few DAYS. Probably too late now...
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Originally Posted by Steve
If it's covered under warranty, what are you upset about?
Probably 'cos theres a shed load of work on it, if it goes back to SONY, you'd be looking at no lappie for a month and...
I go on this one... Toshiba repairs, few and far between.... HP repairs, very common, esp cracked cases - however that may be down to HP being cheaper and therefore more popular... I own a Toshiba and 2 HP's... Not in the same price...
