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    need some help with laptop

    Discussion in 'Fujitsu' started by dannyhall78, Feb 10, 2011.

  1. dannyhall78

    dannyhall78 Newbie

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    ive got a fujitsu siemens amilo 3438g thing has stopped working a mate of a mate works at a small computer firm he said he has opened it up and says the motherboard and graphics card are dead so i ask how much to fix he says 300 for the graphic card and motherboard then his fee.he then said its cos they are not separate is this true or am i being taken up the garden path so to speak all i get when laptop is turned on is a black screen with fuzzy horizontal lines please can some one try to explain this for me cheers
     
    dannyhall78, Feb 10, 2011
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  2. James D

    James D Notebook Prophet

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    I think what he says is bull crap. search on youtube "graphic card problem" (or graphic card issue). Are that the same lines?

    If they are Really separate - than you should change ONLY graphic card. Find on youtube video how to disassembly your laptop or at least google it for schemes. Check if Graphic card is really switchable. If so - then just buy it and switch yourself. Or go to that guy and tell that you want him to do this but only for 30-50 backs + money for graphic card (check in the Inet stores or Ebay or else).
    If it is not switchable - buy motherboard and pay the same 30-50$. My father payed 250$ (the same problem but card was not switchable) + he got additional large capacity battery free. He had HP dv7

    PS By the way sometimes all is needed is resoldering components (graphic card in your case) using air or infrared soldering station. Usually they (repair team) do that but they say that they bought new motherboard... Pins of chipset or graphic card can be disconnected sometimes from motherboard.

    Tell to guy all that so he would understand that you are not newbie ;) or he will think that you have smart friends so he will lower prices
     
    James D, Feb 11, 2011
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  3. reedrichards

    reedrichards Notebook Enthusiast

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    FYI: We're talking about a 17 inch laptop with a Pentium M processor in it, right?

    You'll probably have to replace the motherboard, because what you're describing is textbook when it comes to GPU issues. Not an easy task, but certainly done cheaper.

    Even then, if it's one of the rare models with a replaceable graphics board, the board itself if ~200.
     
    reedrichards, Feb 12, 2011
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