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The Help Desk => Computer Related Discussions & Questions => Topic started by: Chris_ on December 07, 2011, 11:30:26 AM
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(http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff68/kayaktn/IMG_1815.jpg)
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Looks kinky.
What happened, and why is that screen operational?
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It was dropped (all of those are dropped/damaged systems).
The screen will light up as long as it's getting current. There are two parts to an LCD panel... the LCD overlay and a flourescent backlight behind it to make the screen light up. The LCD panel is smashed all to hell but the backlight still works.
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Are you gonna fix it, Chris?
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Ha! No. The damage on these computers is not covered under warranty, which is I why I have them piled up in the corner. I wouldn't be able to get parts for them. I have to ship them back to our hardware depot to be repaired there.
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Well, OK then! :-)
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These Thinkpads are a breeze to work on compared to the cheap HPs I used to fix. I like them.
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These Thinkpads are a breeze to work on compared to the cheap HPs I used to fix. I like them.
Never did that with the small laptops. I did work on the first and second generation IBM-PCs - the ones that used DOS with no mouse.
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That would make a great background.
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One thing DOS hardly EVER did? Crash. The hard drives crashed back then, but not DOS.
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One thing DOS hardly EVER did? Crash. The hard drives crashed back then, but not DOS.
The good old days.
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The good old days.
Yes. The first XP I had in 1982 used the green and black screen, and then I got one that had a color monitor. Thinking back, the color monitor and 4.77 MHZ with 256K RAM - I was in tall cotton!!!!! :-)