[CLUE-Talk] Local laptop repair?

[Gary Threlkeld]

Matt -

I've used a small shop that one of the Techangle folks at one of the CLUE
meetings mentioned as a possibility (not that Techangle referred me per se
but as a possibility).  The shop is:

MPC Express Service, Inc.
Owner: Boris Rotenberg
3005 South Peoria Unit C
Aurora, CO 80014
303-369-3552

Its located about three blocks inside of 225 at Parker Rd.

I've had a monitor repaired there and tried to have my Compaq 1694 laptop
repaired there as well. The laptop was diagnosed with a dead motherboard so
I didn't pursue the repair because of the cost - it was a 450MHg that was
ready to be replaced anyway.  Six months ago, it cost $35 for a diagnostic
"look-see".

Hope this helps,
Gary
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Matthew Porter" <mfporter at c-creature.com>
To: <clue-talk at clue.denver.co.us>
Sent: Saturday, June 05, 2004 10:56 AM
Subject: [CLUE-Talk] Local laptop repair?


> Can anyone recommend a good local shop for getting a laptop checked
> out and possibly repaired?
>
> My google of the Clue mailing list archives turned up an old
> recommendation of Laptop Express in Denver, but their phone message
> tells me that they no longer do retail laptop repair.
>
> Here's my situation: My 2.5-year-old Compaq Presario 1700US is acting
> flaky.  Could very well be a heat problem.  It boots OK with the
> installed OS (WinXP Home), and seems to keep running if it's left idle
> or used for low-intensity tasks like word processing.  However, if I
> have it do something more intensive, like playing video, analyzing the
> main HD partition with the defrag utility or running a virus check, it
> will shut down suddenly after a short while. First the fan will turn
> on, and between ten and ninety seconds after that it just dies.  It
> reboots fine after that, sometimes requiring a disk check and
> sometimes not.
>
> <Required_Linux_Content>
>
> I've also tried booting the machine from a
> Knoppix CD that always worked in the past, but I get similar results:
> First the fan cranks up, and then the machine dies, before KDE is even
> finished loading. This suggests its not just a Windows software
> problem.  I'm planning to use Knoppix to make this machine an
> XP/Debian dual boot, but I need to get the hardware problem taken care
> of first.
>
> </Required_Linux_Content>
>
> Ordinarily I might open the machine myself to clean it out, look for
> cracked boards, etc., but at the moment I don't have the time or
> patience to do that so I won't mind leaving it with a
> reasonably-priced local shop for a couple of days.
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>  --Matt.
>
> -- 
>
> Matthew F. Porter
> Littleton, Colorado
>
> mfporter at c-creature.com
>
>
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