Ive got a HP laptop
Its glossy and looks brand new. Its about 5 years old.

Its ciruit board has had it, and Ive been told its worth about £20.

yet - I just cant seem to let it go. I really should throw it on the tip, but my brain seems to think it has some value. IT really hasnt.
(Dan dan dan They tik urh jerbs!!!, Tue 8 May 2012, 13:19, 13 replies)

Have you ever heard
of ebay?
(Beelzebub's Ball Bag is pleasuring your wife on, Tue 8 May 2012, 14:04, closed)

aye - the RAM, HDD, battery, keyboard, and screen will sell very easily - and if you can be bothered, you can also list the plastics.

Or look on Gumtree for one of those "we'll buy your old laptop" people, you'll probably get about 40 quid.

NB: if it boots up at all, even to BIOS/an error message, it's probably not the motherboard.
( Happy Phantom has been to Hastings, Brighton, and Eastbourne too, Tue 8 May 2012, 14:11, closed)

Ive tried them all already, the ram is going for about £6
as for the body of the laptop, Ive already taken the HDD and put it on a USB caddy. The rest is toast apart from the screen, which - If i could figure out how to remove it would get me approx £20. Which is about the same as the "we buy your laptop" shops wanted to offer me.

Shame, if you didnt know anything about the laptopyou would swear it was brand new, hence my reluctance to get rid of it.
(Dan dan dan They tik urh jerbs!!!, Tue 8 May 2012, 14:47, closed)

If it's a widescreen dv9000 series
I'd be interested in the case and screen - the fucking hinge broke on mine ages ago, reducing it to a desktop, so I'd happily bung you a few quid for a replacement
( emvee cruor deo cruoris, Tue 8 May 2012, 16:50, closed)

oooh so close
Mine was a lower series, it was essentially the same, except it didnt have a numerical pad on the side.

Screen size was 14" or so
(Dan dan dan They tik urh jerbs!!!, Tue 8 May 2012, 17:24, closed)

Ah shame
That would have been £20 well spent too :/
( emvee cruor deo cruoris, Tue 8 May 2012, 18:55, closed)

They're only a fiver on fleabay, presuming the actual screen is intact...
( Happy Phantom has been to Hastings, Brighton, and Eastbourne too, Wed 9 May 2012, 20:37, closed)

Are you having a fucking laugh?
Last week two of my mates gave me old broken laptops (one had a dodgy battery but was otherwise fine) and I just chucked them in the bin. Are you saying I could have got £80 for my troubles?!

*sobs*
( AWPS, Tue 8 May 2012, 15:28, closed)

Get down to Maplins and pick up a star key set
Pull apart the HDD and any CD/DVD drives. The magnets inside are great fun.
( MatJ LOOK, Tue 8 May 2012, 17:29, closed)

Ive already had the HDD
but i still have a CD drive to go to ... I will do this!
(Dan dan dan They tik urh jerbs!!!, Tue 8 May 2012, 17:31, closed)

I have a HP laptop that died in much the same way
I'm still holding onto it in the vein hope that I'll get off my arse and call them up on their crappy build quality. Sale of goods act and all that.
Still pissed off that it died 18months after I bought it and that was about 3 years ago.
(Kushan just wants to fit in..to your mum, Wed 9 May 2012, 15:48, closed)

no way
This is exactly what i did, and won.

Short Story: Laptop dies, it looks like the motherboard (AMD processor sure heats it up so Iassume its down to that)

I speak to Comet, they advise to go to HP. as its 18 months old it will cost me £360 becuase it was out of Warranty. I go back Comet and claim the Sales of Goods act. They take it off my hands straight away, return it 2 weeks later all fixed free of charged. They even picked it up from my house as the rapair depot was a few miles down the road.

Excellent Act!
(Dan dan dan They tik urh jerbs!!!, Wed 9 May 2012, 15:57, closed)

It wasn't really HP's fault, with the DV series - it was the NVidia GPU, and the problem cropped up with both Intel and AMD chipsets in various brands and models. That said, HP didn't really help themselves out by failing to provide intake vents under the fan, but this is easily fixed by removing the motherboard and drilling a series of small holes into the bottom plastic. They go from screeching ovens to perfectly usable laptops almost instantly.

If the machine's already shagged, incidentally, you can try reflowing the GPU. Works most of the time, and all you need is a couple of screwdrivers and a heat gun (the ones used for removing wallpaper are fine). And an hour or so.
( Happy Phantom has been to Hastings, Brighton, and Eastbourne too, Wed 9 May 2012, 20:42, closed)