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indigozeal · 02-03-2008, 09:20 PM

Hi there; thanks very much for the reply. Yeah, my battery's never had a problem, so I think the most expensive option is probably the right one, unfortunately.

Questions:

1) Is my hard drive in any danger? I did a backup a couple weeks ago, but I have some work-related stuff I've accumulated since that I'm loathe to lose. May I ask if there's any way to access the contents of the drive through another laptop?

2) I note on eBay that some places advertise "motherboard repair", in which they replace/repair broken components as opposed to ripping out the whole motherboard. Obviously, I don't know what's wrong with my motherboard - whether it's the whole board or what, or even if this "just a component" business is crazy talk - and I'm not going to send my unit to an unknown repair shop across the country. Would I be better, though, paying the fee to have a shop look at it and see if they can do the same instead of replacing the motherboard? Or is this "component replacement" just a specialty job, and an average shop would just rip out the motherboard anyhow? (I live in Maine, and good repair shops are hard to find here.)

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indigozeal Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 24 OS: Windows XP Home	Re: Toshiba Satellite P-105 just died, won't turn on Hi there; thanks very much for the reply. Yeah, my battery's never had a problem, so I think the most expensive option is probably the right one, unfortunately. Questions: 1) Is my hard drive in any danger? I did a backup a couple weeks ago, but I have some work-related stuff I've accumulated since that I'm loathe to lose. May I ask if there's any way to access the contents of the drive through another laptop? 2) I note on eBay that some places advertise "motherboard repair", in which they replace/repair broken components as opposed to ripping out the whole motherboard. Obviously, I don't know what's wrong with my motherboard - whether it's the whole board or what, or even if this "just a component" business is crazy talk - and I'm not going to send my unit to an unknown repair shop across the country. Would I be better, though, paying the fee to have a shop look at it and see if they can do the same instead of replacing the motherboard? Or is this "component replacement" just a specialty job, and an average shop would just rip out the motherboard anyhow? (I live in Maine, and good repair shops are hard to find here.)