Paul S Vail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Bitch all you want... What do you have to
> lose but your fears of computers and your
> ignorance of their parts.
Despite Mr. Vail's gentle urgings, let me caution PB2400 users to keep
pretty close to their comfort zone while contemplating surgery on their
pricey little toys.
I carefully opened my 'book, inserted a new, supersized hard disk &
sewed it up with no apparent difficulty. Unmentioned by the vendor (who
enjoys a good reputation in this forum), the HD transplant caused the
SCSI interface trick -- where I could rapidly xfer files from my 7600 to
the 2400 -- to vanish. (He didn't even talk about it as a known feature
when I first called for tech support.) Life on the bleeding edge.
But when I wanted to go in to upgrade the CPU, one of the screws holding
a hinge in place refused to budge. WD40 didn't help it. I guess I'd paid
too much attention to stories about loose screws inside the case...
another common thread in this forum. In the process of chopping it out,
I did some minor cosmetic damage to the internals, but I was able to get
a replacement screw. It just took several hours of sweating it out and a
trip to the h/w store. And the faster CPU was a honey.
10 weeks later, there were two loose screws rattling around inside. Time
for another trip inside. The daughtercard was still seated, but not
solid.
I haven't caused my 'book to die just yet, but I'm reminded of the
Charlie Chaplin movie (Modern Times?) where he's rollerskating
backwards, blindfolded, within inches of a 3-story drop. I'm working
pretty close to the edge, as ignorant as his character was, by the
quality of the results. And tho this history hardly marks me as a
mechanical genius the way Chaplin was a physical genius, I would still
claim I'm patient, careful, smart about dealing with torque, correct
seating, etc., more than the average 'book owner. I've built hundreds of
electronic gizmos; was an engineer at a radio station; designed some of
my own HiFi (years ago).
So listas, don't be buffaloed or bullied into wrecking something because
you have nothing to lose. There are, indeed, good quality people who do
work that you're happy to pay them for, even if you're not happy with
having to have the work done. I'll rip my machine apart the next time
something comes up, but I'll do it knowing that the odds are not so
heavily in my favor as some claim.
I have yet to see any of these listings volunteer to post surety bonds
that if you fail, they'll pick up the cost. Consider your options cooly.
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