laptop.shelter

Hi there,

I use laptop daily at work and have used more than 10 laptops. In 2009, my laptop at work had no sound from its built-in speakers. A technician came to my desk to fix it. I had the chance to see the whole process from taking apart the laptop, replacing faulty component and assembling the laptop back into one piece by simple tool. The process was very similar to my summer job in a factory where I learned how to assemble 110 cameras and the skills to handle tiny parts in two summers.

Laptops have been serving me well. My job is testing software that does not include fixing. I like laptops and therefore started my hobby in mid 2009 to pick up deserted laptops for me to test as well as fix. Each deserted laptop is unique in its problems which provides me the interest on testing and fixing.

For each laptop, I clean them up first, both outside and inside, test, identify and change the faulty parts that can be obtained locally or from internet, wipe out the hard drive data for any personal data, install genuine operating system that comes with the laptop COA at the bottom and latest drivers. I then test it for weeks before finding a new home for it.

When a laptop is working again, it is very joyful. However, I don't want to keep it idle. I will list it out locally first at the cost I paid so that it can have a new home and I can have money to pick up another deserted laptop. If no local interest, I will post and ship within north America but no further places.

Fixing laptop as a hobby can be started with simple tool. Initially, I just used a set of screw drivers, plus the patience to open, test, identify and replace the faulty parts. With more experience, I spent a hundred dollars for a hot air rework station in mid 2010 to reflow GPU and to replace IC chips.

If you are interested on fixing laptop, these stories can help you to start. It will save you money from buying new laptop if the current one is still meeting your needs. Also, it is good to environment for laptop to go through the REPAIR, REUSE and RECYCLE. My suggestion is not to force open the laptop. I have seen a lot of broken parts or cracks due to using too much force.

As tester, I value quality and thank for the feedbacks to the laptops out from shelter in

http://feedback.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback2&userid=laptop.shelter&ftab=FeedbackAsSeller

Sincerely,

Shelter Custodian