Fucking Computers

Post #324,106 by pwhysall 4/6/10 2:20:03 AM Reply	Fucking Computers iMac has developed an entertaining fault. The power inverter that drives the LCD backlight has gone very intermittent. Nearest Apple Authorised Service Doodad is 50 miles away. New screen/inverter (the inverter is not sold separately) is ~£400. Might go shopping for a new 27-inch i5 iMac instead. (I might also see if the place I'd get it from will take the 99%-working iMac in part-ex...)
Post #324,107 by Another Scott 4/6/10 7:46:21 AM Reply	Yeah. Ouch. My T61 laptop has been throwing Trap 7Fs or C000021a Fatal System Error occasionally overnight, or losing its WiFi connection overnight, or just acting weird for no reason. And even when it's running, it seems to often be a turtle these days. :-( AppleInsider has a report that MB and MBPs are going to finally be updated in the next few weeks. http://www.appleinsi...ok_line_soon.html You might want to wait, if you can. Their desktops are getting long-in-tooth, too. Good luck. Cheers, Scott.
Post #324,156 by static 4/6/10 8:39:13 PM Reply	They're doing their best to make them disposable. Q:Is it proper to eat cheeseburgers with your fingers? A:No, the fingers should be eaten separately.
Post #324,157 by Another Scott 4/6/10 8:41:24 PM Reply	It sure seems that way. :-(
Post #324,172 by mhuber 4/7/10 2:38:15 AM Reply	Ya know, the human body rev 1.0.x.y.z.a.b.c.d They never make more than one unit per rev, even in the rare case they make two to the same spec, the manufacturing is different. The stuff I learn for my new job takes more that a biological generation to go obsolete. In fact, the oldest documentation is error-filled (as is the latest, no doubt) but to the extent that the oldest documentation was ever correct in the first place, it is still correct now. No f*cking y2k, nor w2k, in the healing arts. Still, ID is worse theology than it is science: to claim God designed us is to call Him an idiot. --------------------------------------- Why, yes, I did give up something for lent. I gave up making sense.
Post #324,174 by Ashton 4/7/10 4:38:44 AM Reply	Ummm, it's an electronic part If it's just the inverter, why the expensive screen and no choice? £400 sounds as pricey as the Apple Store's $600 quote to replace a SuperDrive in a friend's 17" G4(?) Independent fixer a few blocks away got her a faster unit, installed well <$200. I'd sure try to find someone who knows how simple is an inverter board and where to find one that will fit; that Apple bundle doesn't make any electronic sense. (Surely there are non-Company Apple servicers there, er, aren't there?) Luck.
Post #324,175 by drook 4/7/10 4:42:08 AM Reply	Wouldn't work on mine The inverter is custom made to fit within the hinge. And no, you can't buy the inverter without the screen. If it's more than 3 months old (Macs may have more longevity) chances are there's no OEM parts left. And aftermarket only comes in kits. -- Drew
Post #324,187 by pwhysall 4/7/10 11:42:49 AM Reply	I've solved the problem... ...by buying an i5 27-incher. The white one will be repaired by me fitting a used inverter and then, if I fuck it up, handing the job off to the local (50 miles away) Authorised Service Provider. It's the kind of job that's fiddly and a bit too feary to do on your main computer, but if it's a bit disposable, then it's worth a bash at.
Post #324,190 by malraux 4/7/10 12:39:38 PM 4/7/10 12:43:06 PM Reply	Re: I've solved the problem... http://techcrunch.co...c-screen-problem/ http://www.hardmac.c...-stopped-by-apple But: http://www.appleinsi...en_addressed.html Regards, -scott Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson. Edited by malraux April 7, 2010, 12:40:41 PM EDT Edited by malraux April 7, 2010, 12:43:06 PM EDT Expand All History
Post #324,191 by pwhysall 4/7/10 12:49:53 PM Reply	Ar, saw that. If it's shit, it's going back. Simple as that. Distance selling law in the UK, see. 14-day cooling off period, irrespective of any other warranty'n'shit.
Post #333,406 by CRConrad 9/30/10 5:39:04 AM Reply	Concur: Anti-Flame on Distance selling laws. It's the same here in dot-fi. I checked out something -- can't quite remember what; was it the camera? -- at a finnish net-shop's() B-&-M shop a while ago, and as the bloke behind the counter checked availability, he said "Yep, we've got it in stock, just not on the shelf here in the shop; you gotta order it." Among the various delivery methods is pick-up -- the pick-up point is over at the outer end of the shop, just outside the shop cash register. (It has its own registers.) OK, said I, can you order it for me, or lend me your terminal for a second? In reply, he pointed out where there were several terminals (i.e, computers hooked up to the Net and with browsers pointed to the net-shop's homepage) -- but then he added, since there is no warranty on this product / no return right if you buy it in the shop, and IP addresses are logged, it's much better to go somewhere else and order it. Which I did; then returned to pick it up, just as if I'd bought it in the shop in the first place... Only now protected by the unconditional two-week return right provided by the mail-order sale law. Nanny state FTW! (): The biggest and oldest one, that's called just NetShop: verkkokauppa.com (verkko = net; kauppa = shop) -- Christian R. Conrad Same old username (as above), same old GMail.
Post #333,416 by Another Scott 9/30/10 7:31:23 AM Reply	Zooks!
Post #324,188 by pwhysall 4/7/10 11:44:32 AM Reply	Re: Ummm, it's an electronic part (Surely there are non-Company Apple servicers there, er, aren't there?) That's who I go to - Jennings Computer Services, Ltd. But they still gots to buy the bits and they gots to make a living fitting them.

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