a question about those computers that aren't apples.

[devowasright]

so a customer at work is selling a 17" HP Pavillion for $100, because it needs a new motherboard. is this a)difficult, and b) worth doing? it is loaded with photoshop and tons of other good software, and would be a good upgrade for betsy, if worth doing. thoughts?

Comments

[argentla]

Well, I found out the hard way that messing around with the motherboard can be very bad -- having to remove the mobo from the case of my old computer killed it dead. So, I'd be a little wary.

[devowasright]

killed the whole machine? yikes...

[argentla]

Yeah, it stopped being able to communicate with the CPU or the BIOS. "Mistah Kurtz, he dead..."

[invertedsky]

LOL :)

You mean you haven't learned your lesson yet, Mr. Repair-My-Motherboard-4-Times? Oh, I see. I have given you the confidence that it can be done. :)

[devowasright]

it was only 3. and on a mac. and i only made you take it apart twice. :)

[invertedsky]

Well, there's no difference between non-mac and mac... "parts is parts".

Trivia: do you know where that expression comes from? :)

[devowasright]

chicken mcnuggets?

[devowasright]

heh. this one is a zd7230us.

how much do you want for yours?

[devowasright]

that would be awesome. betsy is stoked. so $250 and dinner then? would be nice to catch up in person. :)