I love me a good challenge.
As you know, things are expensive 'round here, and people don't part from their broken stuff easily. And since the nvidia GPU failure thing became public people have been advertising their broken laptops as "repairable" with prices of $200 to $300. They hardly sell in working condition for that price because the more educated buyers won't buy something that they know will fail. But every once in a while something real good pops up. I stumbled upon this for $60. Sammy P30. Specs as quoted:
Pentium M 1.7G - 512MB RAM - 60GB - Ati 9000 64MB - DVD - Wifi - Firewire - Fingerprint reader - Good battery and original power adapter - Screen in pristine condition.
Seller said it powered down during operation never to return again. Charge indicator lights up but not much else. He had it diagnosed at a service center, opened in front of him, quoted $120 for motherboard failure. He said the tech "measured a few points" and decided the mobo is dead. I wouldn't be so sure... That generation chipsets don't just die like the nvidias, so i'm guessing something wrong with one of the power supplies.
Either way, the parts alone are worth more than $60, the screen alone goes for $150, it fits some Lenovos. The seller said that he simply doesn't have time to deal with selling it for parts.
I left the good for last - it's a 15" 1400x1050 screen. You know, from the 4:3 days. Pic attached. And i thought this uni break is going to be boring (i have my last exam tomorrow). Plan is "fix it, upgrade it, sell it for big profit". And of course, use the money to buy more stuff to fix. Only it has a big potential of turning into "fix it, upgrade it, keep it"
It's getting posted to me tomorrow, should be here in 3-4 days.
Pentium M 1.7G - 512MB RAM - 60GB - Ati 9000 64MB - DVD - Wifi - Firewire - Fingerprint reader - Good battery and original power adapter - Screen in pristine condition.
Seller said it powered down during operation never to return again. Charge indicator lights up but not much else. He had it diagnosed at a service center, opened in front of him, quoted $120 for motherboard failure. He said the tech "measured a few points" and decided the mobo is dead. I wouldn't be so sure... That generation chipsets don't just die like the nvidias, so i'm guessing something wrong with one of the power supplies.
Either way, the parts alone are worth more than $60, the screen alone goes for $150, it fits some Lenovos. The seller said that he simply doesn't have time to deal with selling it for parts.
I left the good for last - it's a 15" 1400x1050 screen. You know, from the 4:3 days. Pic attached. And i thought this uni break is going to be boring (i have my last exam tomorrow). Plan is "fix it, upgrade it, sell it for big profit". And of course, use the money to buy more stuff to fix. Only it has a big potential of turning into "fix it, upgrade it, keep it"
It's getting posted to me tomorrow, should be here in 3-4 days.
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