Random parts I have...

[Jourdy288]

Let's see here, bits of broken headphones (I have the speaker of one...) I have an opened up MPEG-4 Encoder, I might have messed up the wiring a little, LOL, I also have a taken-apart floppy drive, but I can't find a motor anywhere. Oh, and I have a computer fan, and that board from an older telephone that you use to dial in numbers, and a keyboard that would sometimes work, but I would have to hold the wire in a specific position at its base.

I do wonder what can be made from these.



Almost forgot, I have an 2 Acer laptops that don't work, it's almost like they're blank. I flip it on, and get nothing. The fans spin, but I don't get BIOS, no startup of any kind, although I'm pretty sure the screens work.

 

[robm]

The screens are completely useless, for all intents and purposes. How old are they?

 

[Jourdy288]

The screens are about two years old.

 

[robm]

I wouldn't mind giving a shot at fixing one of those Acer laptops, how much would you want for one?

 

[Jourdy288]

You're actually interested? Cool! We paid $1000 dollars each, but considering their current state, maybe $100?
I was actually thinking of using one to make a PSP of sorts ;-) It already comes with a slot for the disk drive, screen, and room for components. Maybe I could even use a PS2 (maybe).
Still, if you would like to buy one and try a repair, I'll definitely keep that in mind!

 

[Jourdy288]

Anyhow, so would you still like one of the laptops? I must warn you, I'll be keeping the HDD, you can have everything else, how much would you like?

 

[robm]

Well, that complicates things, not having the HDD. Not excited about spending the cash on a new hard drive on a machine that may or may not be fixable - what's the model number, and I'll see if I can find a used one somewhere first.

 

[Hifeno]

sounds like you have bad ram chips. I had an acer laptop that did that. I put the ram out of my other in it and it worked like a charm. I would give you $35 for one without hard drive depending on the model number.

 

[Jourdy288]

Well, that complicates things, not having the HDD. Not excited about spending the cash on a new hard drive on a machine that may or may not be fixable - what's the model number, and I'll see if I can find a used one somewhere first.

I will ASApP(As Soon As portable Possible.

 

[Jourdy288]

It's an Acer Aspire 5100.

 

[chocoboy]

I might be interested in one of the laptops too, if you want to sell both.

 

[Jourdy288]

OK, cool (although I warn you, one of them was little-kid owned,,,)