Hey guys, I have had this laptop for over 3 years now and I have put up with a lot from it - I completely resoldered the power connector (as all the laptops go bad that way and mine did too), I am having a ridiculously short battery life (~30-45 mins) and I had to physically desolder the audio jack from it and reconnect it using small wires for future longevity... very long, tedious process - 6 tiny wires I had to resolder to it, anyway - its all good.
Everything seemed to have settled down, yet this thing developed yet another problem - this time, not so easily solvable. I started having issues with the keyboard - first the keys "p", ";", "[", "'", "/", "-", "=", "\" and backspace wouldnt work, then "g" and "h" and now - "l", "o", "9", and "0" - maybe more. I am using an external keyboard at this point. I have taken this poor thing apart way too many times and I traced the problem to a video card - since when you press on the connector on the board, deforming it, it will start typing and the contact will be made.
Having said that, I have no idea where to find a replacement board - velocity micro says they want $330 + shipping for the board, and there is no way I can afford it - even the basic laptops nowadays cost less, so I can just get a replacement whenever. Problem is - I really like this laptop and I want to keep it and I want it to work, so does anyone have a RADEON 9700 PRO card they would be able to sell me to put into my laptop - since the laptop is designed in a way that the keyboard controller plugs into the video card, or has anyone had a similar problem and knows how to resolve it?
Thank you all, all help is very greatly appreciated :-)
Everything seemed to have settled down, yet this thing developed yet another problem - this time, not so easily solvable. I started having issues with the keyboard - first the keys "p", ";", "[", "'", "/", "-", "=", "\" and backspace wouldnt work, then "g" and "h" and now - "l", "o", "9", and "0" - maybe more. I am using an external keyboard at this point. I have taken this poor thing apart way too many times and I traced the problem to a video card - since when you press on the connector on the board, deforming it, it will start typing and the contact will be made.
Having said that, I have no idea where to find a replacement board - velocity micro says they want $330 + shipping for the board, and there is no way I can afford it - even the basic laptops nowadays cost less, so I can just get a replacement whenever. Problem is - I really like this laptop and I want to keep it and I want it to work, so does anyone have a RADEON 9700 PRO card they would be able to sell me to put into my laptop - since the laptop is designed in a way that the keyboard controller plugs into the video card, or has anyone had a similar problem and knows how to resolve it?
Thank you all, all help is very greatly appreciated :-)
