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laptop status update

Wednesday, 24 June 2009

yesterday i took out my laptop hard disk and connected it to the desktop to try to transfer the info out, but it took a very very long time... so this morning i removed the covers to the hard disk and processor from my laptop and switched the laptop on to see what would happen. it turns out that it works! so i managed to transfer my data out from the laptop to the external hard disk. even now i'm typing this blog entry from the laptop.

it seems that the problem is due to overheating, since i did not do anything much but remove the covers from the processor and hard disk. so now the cooling pad has direct access to the internal parts of the laptop. i hope that this can hold up for some time.

giving thanks at 13:11 :)

the demise of my laptop

Tuesday, 23 June 2009

the day which i dreaded finally came... firstly, my laptop, which i bought in August 2005, shut down by itself. so i thought that it was due to overheating. but after trying with a laptop cooling pad and reformatting, the laptop still shuts down in a matter of minutes after i start it. i even tried reformatting it, thinking that maybe it was something which i installed after reformat which caused the auto shutdown, but the laptop shut down by itself in the midst of reformatting. so i cannot even access my hard disk now.

i'm still not giving up, so i will send an email to Acer service support regarding my problem, and try dismantling my laptop to see if there is any visible hardware damage. i may also take out the hard disk from the laptop and try connecting it to my desktop to retrieve the files inside.

i really hope that the laptop can still survive for a couple of years more, but it may not be worth the extra maintenance costs. since i do not have an immediate need for a computer to work on, i shall wait and see what happens to my enquiry with Acer, and then evaluate whether it's worth it or not.

giving thanks at 12:33 :)