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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Jonathan Roberts wrote: > Thanks for the reply Neil, I'll see to all of this first thing in the > morning! > > I'll also keep in mind about asking about hardware problems on the list > in the future but I think this problem wouldn't have been solved: my > laptop's power connection had started to interrupt so it was pretty > clear, at least I thought it was, that the problem lay with either the > power cable or the connection to the system itself. Add to this that the Quite a few such connectors appear to be poorly engineered. > laptop was still (just barely) in warranty so the repairs were all free. > In actual fact the repair people replaced the motherboard on the > laptop. Just as well, since laptop boards tend to be in the several hundreds of pounds range. Wonder if all these boards which get replaced get thrown away or if they get passed to the service people who are competent to use a soldering iron. IME it appears rather hard to get hold of the connectors, even though they must be being made by the thousand somewhere. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFg+EEsoRLMhsZpFcRAlD8AJ9qJUFzD+zoKg2DWiypIikGdQk8vgCfcF0S iL+LpJapi8wXE+g89IWho8M= =6CDZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html