Go back to my Series 7 NP700Z5C-S01UB or not?

Unfortunately, my series 7's screen cracked about a month ago. I bought a Sony SVE14A27CXH which is a little more powerful, but I still miss my chronos. I have tried selling my series 7 but the best offer I have received is $400 on it. How much does samsung charge to replace the screen? Also, I think mine has a bad battery on it since the battery life was terrible. Would samsung change out the battery for me under the 1 year warranty? Is the warranty voided since the screen is cracked? I have never opened a laptop up before would doing a screen replacement myself be too hard? If you think I should just stick to my Sony, how much do you think I could sell my series 7 for or what should I do with it? Any help is greatly appreciated! Thanks!

 

Regarding the battery and warranty, you need to check the battery wear (under the battery properties using HWiNFO or similar program). If 30% or more within the first year then Samsung may agree to replacing it. I would hope that they would not consider that the warranty on the battery is invalidated by a cracked screen.

I haven't a clue what they would charge for repairing a cracked screen but you can see the cost of the parts here (you may need everything related to the LCD - I recall that the bezel is glued on).

John

 

Thanks John! I checked and its only about 1% is weared out. If I do call samsung about it should I even mention the cracked screen? Do you think it's even worth fixing the computer or should I just sell it for about $400? That seems to be the best I can get for it. Even though the battery is only 1% wear even before the screen cracked I was only able to get 4 hours out of use while surfing the web as opposed to the advertised 9. 4 hours just seems too low for an 8 cell.

 

The battery wear suggest that you havent developed frugal operation skills. Look at the power drain while running on battery. Battery capacity in Watt-hours divided by power drain in Watts = run time in hours (less about 5% because Windows always shuts down before the battery is empty). Getting 9.2 hours out of an 80Whr battery means an average power drain below 9W. This means a dim display, very low CPU utilisation and no dedicated graphics. Having flash running on web pages and also Bluetooth running in the background (even if only searching for other devices) can add several Watts to the power drain.

John

 

Thank you very much John! I actually found a computer repair shop near by that will fix it for $160 which i think I will keep now. What would you consider a good/normal frugal power drain rate?

 

I can get my NP900X4C down to about 7W (light usage such as editing a Word document with dim display, no internet (and shut down the web browser), no Bluetooth, running an SSD). 10W is a more realistic target for most people but if there's moderate CPU usage then you may find the power consumption to be more like 15W. Learning how to achieve power-frugal operation is a matter of trial and error.

John