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wrote:
Tim Downie wrote:

Of course I could just send it off for repair but it's going to be a
new motherboard job and it probably needs a new battery too and and
the end of the day, it'll still be a fecking Packard Bell Easynote
laptop. spit

How old is it?

Remember the sale of goods act gives you more than just the
manufacturers warranty so you may be able to get a *free* repair for a
number of years. If, however, it was so cheap you couldn't reasonably
expect it to last very long then you may be on a hiding to nothing.

MBQ

Most of the £399 laptops are assembled by chimpanzees in coutries where it
is not illegal to train such members of the animal kingdom and pay them by
feeding them occasionally.

I tell my customers this, but they still go out and buy this garbage instead
of my Thinkpads and Toshes.

A chimpanzee let loose with a soldergun is not the best guarantee of joint
integrity, and they are so strong that they can tweak a nut to breaking
point without using a socket spanner.

As with cheap cameras, such laptops are not meant to be used, but are just
sold for effect, or as collectors items.

Be warned!

Dennis.