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thiscatis
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It happened :(

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I just dropped my laptop.
I was able to put the screen back in the....screen.
Everything looks OK, but is there like a suite to check all other stuff,
mobo, hdd, dvdrw, ram etc..

:cry:
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Will it boot? Not that I would try that if any components are exposed.
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Sorry but I just broke a wry smile!

Have you not got a warranty/insurance?
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I can boot, and everything looks ok at first sight.
Just tested my HDD, no errors either, now DVDrw check and then
some other components.
Toshiba 8)
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Good luck bro. I know how hard it would be for me to be without my machine.
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I spilled a cup of hot coffee on my laptop once.....for some reason it didn't like it.
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Post by John Cartwright »

One of the more embarrassing moments in my life: I was walking down some stairs with my laptop and about half way down tripped on the dangling power cord. Ignoring the fact that I fell down half a set of stairs, my Dell 6400 laptop survived without a scratch after flying in the air and landing on the ground. I was expecting such a fragile piece to shatter into a million pieces 8O
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If I may recommend...

Backup Your Data, NOW!!!

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Post by matthijs »

They should make them like they make the phones. I dropped mine at least 2,3 times from 10m high on a concrete floor. Still works fine.

I second Nickvd's advice. Backup your data each day. So when your machine crashes, you get a new one and get working again in a day.
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Dude, what kind of phone do you have. I dropped my Palm Treo twice from my fat hip and it was dead and gone. Now I am sporting a RAZR.
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Everah wrote:Dude, what kind of phone do you have. I dropped my Palm Treo twice from my fat hip and it was dead and gone. Now I am sporting a RAZR.
:)

Just an old brick (nokia 3210 I think).

Well, those good old days, it isn't what it used to be, e?
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I've dropped my razr about 50 times and it is fine.
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My RAZR is pretty resilient. My Treo was crap (both of them) :cry:
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matthijs wrote:
Everah wrote:Dude, what kind of phone do you have. I dropped my Palm Treo twice from my fat hip and it was dead and gone. Now I am sporting a RAZR.
:)

Just an old brick (nokia 3210 I think).

Well, those good old days, it isn't what it used to be, e?
Aha, the good old 3210
Would survive WWIII.
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thiscatis wrote:Aha, the good old 3210
Would survive WWIII.
ahahaha that's probably true.
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