is my laptop ready for the graveyard!

marg. · 25-06-2009, 15:37

hi, had a problem other week with the laptop, very dark screen, at the shop, said it needed a new inverter(think thats what he said) got it home, could, nt get windows, back to the shop, he says computer won,t pick the hard drive up or something to that effect, nothing wrong with the hard drive, he,s giving it one last try(hes had it for 2 weeks) if he can,t do it thats it he says theres nothing more he can do, his he right , the laptop is only 2 and half years old, fujitsu siemens amilo l. marg.

Less · 25-06-2009, 15:42

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Originally Posted by marg.

hi, had a problem other week with the laptop, very dark screen, at the shop, said it needed a new inverter(think thats what he said) got it home, could, nt get windows, back to the shop, he says computer won,t pick the hard drive up or something to that effect, nothing wrong with the hard drive, he,s giving it one last try(hes had it for 2 weeks) if he can,t do it thats it he says theres nothing more he can do, his he right , the laptop is only 2 and half years old, fujitsu siemens amilo l. marg.

If he's had the thing for a fortnight and can't make his mind up, get it back take it somewhere else and get a second opinion.

mattylad · 25-06-2009, 18:18

If the screen is very black then yes it may wel be the backlight inverter board, usually available on Eby etc.

Like this although may not be the same model.
Although... is it always dark, does it ever flicker brighter?
Could also be the switch or cabling.

cmonstanley · 25-06-2009, 18:23

shine a torch on it look very closely and when it is switched on if it shows your anything its your back lamp..

marg. · 25-06-2009, 18:40

hi, sorry,misled you slightly, it was the invertor to start with, he put a new one in,got it home fujitsu logo came on bright enough, new invertor worked, but then that was it, no windows, nothing, so took it straight back( because windows was on before the brightness went, thats when he said the hard drive was not picking up windows or words to that effect.

sausage butty · 25-06-2009, 18:55

it shouldnt take more than a day to diagnose any pc fault. imho, if its finding the hard drive but not windows can you not just reinstall windows? check in the bios to see if its finding the hard drive.

marg. · 25-06-2009, 19:13

hi, shop has still got the laptop, he,s tried reinstalling windows more than once but says hard drive not picking it up.

mallard · 25-06-2009, 19:18

I hope you can get it sorted,but i dont think it will be cheep my be you may have to bye a new one

marg. · 25-06-2009, 19:20

you would think with it only being 2 and a half years old it would still have a bit of life left in it.

cmonstanley · 25-06-2009, 20:32

ive just read it right is it vista home basic ,i knew somebody who had the same model and his usb went in fact he said it was the worse laptop hes ever had.think he bought from tesco.and it wasnt cheap either.

entwisi · 25-06-2009, 21:09

more likely it could be a sata drive,, I had a nightmare recently with one wher teh Windows disk wouldn't 'see' teh disk.

It does sound like teh 'tech' guy doesn't really know his onions though. IMHO i'd be getting it back from him before he does real damage

mattylad · 25-06-2009, 21:45

Sounds like, when fixing the fault they introduced another, perhaps by disturbing the connections to the drive.

May need opening up & checking again.

marg. · 26-06-2009, 09:25

hi, will know later today if he has been able to fix it or NOT, keeping everything crossed!

sausage butty · 28-06-2009, 12:20

sorted?

marg. · 29-06-2009, 20:58

hi, he,s giving one last try, will definately know late tomorrow when i get it back, either dead or alive!