Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 22:51:49 +0200 From: Jeremy Lea <reg@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Value of chocolate wrappers... Message-ID: <20020711225149.B89014@shale.csir.co.za>
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Hi,
My VAIO decided a few days ago that it was tired of seeing mains power,
and would rather use my battery... All the signs pointed to a loose
connection somewhere in the power line (intermittent fault, works if you
jiggle things, etc.). While I've got a nice big battery, you really
need to see power once in a while, so I rushed the machine off to Sony
to have a look.
They phoned me a day later, with a quote for just under $1000 to replace
the mainboard. The machine (a 505TR) only cost $1400, and second hand
ones sell for ~$600 on eBay... So I fetched the machine back, but was
feeling rather down, because I don't want to have to buy a new laptop at
the moment.
Still thinking it was a loose connection, and having $1000 to gain, I
stuffed a bit of foil from a choclate wrapper into the central hole on
the power plug... So far so good :-) Tomorrow I will seek a more
long term solution.
As one of the girls I work with is fond of saying: "If chocolate is the
answer the problem is irrelevant!"
Regards,
-Jeremy
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