topic Re: notebook repaired, should I change ? in PCs & Accessories

notebook repaired, should I change ?

bsg — Thu, 02 Sep 2004 15:59:08 GMT

I just received my GRT816S back from Vaio-Link (who have been really fast at fixing it, and were an excellent service over the phone).

Problem is : It used to get extremely hot (94+°C), now its temperature stay around 45 to 69°C. I bought one of those huge Antec fans you place under the notebook but it's pretty useless. At vaio link they deeply cleaned it, including the screen, replaced a missing key, changed the light button whose painting was gone, replaced my DVD burner, but yet I don't know the cause of the failure. So I fear it can happen again, and I'm not of the technical type...

So my questions are : do you have any idea about a current effect that causes a GRT816S to attain such high temperatures (dust in fans ? damaged part ?) ?
Should I consider selling it (and for what price) and buy one of those beautiful A117N (which is gorgeous but I'm a bit afraid of the 1.7 GHz proc) ? Are macintosh notebooks more robust ?

Re: notebook repaired, should I change ?

kee-lo_ — Thu, 02 Sep 2004 16:07:00 GMT

A lot of factors can lead to this overheating - bad components, blocked fans and dust.

It's really up to you if you sell it, sounds like it's in good condition now, but consider being more careful with it. Treat it like a jewel, handle with care.

Selling it for a new model is a good idea if you want better performance, but the value of notebooks falls every second, you won't get a lot for it.

Powerbooks are very nice - but so are VAIOs. All depends on what you get, it's not "oh sony are PCs which break down and DeLLs don't" it doesn't work like that.

HTH

Re: notebook repaired, should I change ?

nick_pan — Thu, 02 Sep 2004 23:56:01 GMT

yeh such models are encountering overheating problems..so you can either deal with it..and accept it, or if you've got the spare cash..sell your current model (specially cause its just had a bit of a refurbisment)..and go for the A series..

that laptop is just beautiful, and a 1.7ghz centrino is the eqivalent to approximately..3ghz in standard cpu terms..its powerful!

to be truthful, even when using your laptop cooler and keeping your vents nicely cleaned..i think the overheating issue may return at a later date as that model as others..was badly designed in realtion to that matter

oh and by the way. an apple is an apple. buy one if theyre your thing and uve had previous experiences with their OSs etc..im not a great lover of them myself except they've got great form factor tho its all down to what your used to

Re: notebook repaired, should I change ?

kee-lo_ — Fri, 03 Sep 2004 13:25:44 GMT

Id you do a lot of multimedia work Apple Mac computers will suit you.