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    Is it worth saving?

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by rdinak, Jun 12, 2004.

  1. rdinak

    rdinak Newbie

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    I have a Sony Viao FXA36 with the 1 gig amd chip and 384 megs of ram. The cmos battery is going because it loses time several times each week and the cd rom is not working 100%. Should i write it off or try to get it repaired. Open to all suggestions. Who would suggest to have it repaired if cost effective?

    Thanks
     
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  2. bootleg2go

    bootleg2go Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

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    Hi rdinak,
    You will need to get an estimate of repairs to see if it is cost effective. Until then your just guessing. I looked on Ebay at completed auctions for this model w/384MB of memory and saw one that just sold a week or two ago for $812 and many others between $600-$800, so if it were repaired and is in good physical condition it could get $800 as well. So for me, I think I would get it fixed if it could be done for around $400 or less. That way you either use it or sell it for say $750 and recoup $350 towards a new one. Whereas if it is not working, it has very little value. I really don't think it will be that much to fix it; but you need to find out how much $$$$ repairs will be.

    Jack
     
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