<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 9:45 PM, James Knott <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:james.knott-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org">james.knott-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">Matt Price wrote:<br>
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I seem to remember you have high-end machines and I bet it can be<br>
repaired. Perhaps a new optical drive.<br>
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um, not if there are blown caps. that's a motherboard problem...<br>
matt<br>
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Caps are replacable, for those of us with board repair skills. Over the years, I have replaced thousands of components. Capacitors tend to be among the easiest to replace. I have also replaced many surface mount chips with well over 100 pins.<div>
<div></div><div class="h5"><br></div></div></blockquote><div>maybe we could do a workshop on board repair, say at freegeek osmetime? I'd love to learn how to do that, if only for fun.<br><br>matt <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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