6 Aug
2006
6 Aug
'06
1:22 p.m.
On 06/08/06 09:25 +0530, Debarshi 'Rishi' Ray wrote: <snip>
systems, all laptops. One whose battery was not detected, one had
Laptops *are* closed systems. The laptop market still isn't as componentised as the PC market (even if you get a chassis, the motherboard and monitor come prefitted, and you simply can't replace components the way it was possible with PCs).
trouble with its Wifi, one had trouble with both its CD-ROM and Wifi, and one has issues with the sound-card.
None of these are highly sophisticated H/W (imagine trouble with CD-ROM).
I would just have returned those as defective. *If it doesn't work, return it*. Your problem was most likely with the motherboard though.
Devdas Bhagat