[Hidden-tech] Laptop 'Maintenance'

[Paul Stallman]

David,

 

I'm going to recommend that you talk to the smartest computer tech I know.
He's a wiz with rebuilding and fixing laptops. 

 

His name is Tony Caggiano he owns ComTech New England.

 

Tony Caggiano

ComTech New England

tony at comtech-ne.com

(413) 729-0021

 

If the keyboard can't be fixed with cleaning, I know he can actually replace
the keyboard sometimes.  As for the batteries, he can usually get
replacements.  I don't think that's a rebuild sort of thing (at least the
battery itself, maybe the plastic around it).

 

 

Paul Stallman

Managing Director

 <mailto:paul at alias-solutions.com> paul at alias-solutions.com

413.364.6147

alias|solutions

www.alias-solutions.com

 

 

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From: hidden-discuss-bounces at lists.hidden-tech.net
[mailto:hidden-discuss-bounces at lists.hidden-tech.net] On Behalf Of DAVID F.
FARKAS
Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 6:04 PM
To: Hidden-Tech Tech
Subject: [Hidden-tech] Laptop 'Maintenance'

 

Hey hardware mavens... can you help me out with this?

QUESTION 1:

I have a three year old Averetec 12-inch laptop. (Always mistaken for a MAC
because of the size.) The precursor of the NetBooks?

Several of the keys on the lower row, initially to the left end over the
PCMCIA port and CD-ROM, have gone dead or intermittent. Not a problem for
the function keys but became more of a problem when the space bar, M, and N
keys started balking.

I noticed that holding down the Fn key at the end of the bottom row and
hitting the recalcitrant key freed them up. So I've blow compressed air
under them as well as I can and they are behaving somewhat better.

My question.... yes there is a question... is whether there is a solvent
spray that can safely we used on keyboards to clean the contacts under the
key? Spray with solvent. Jiggle all the keys. Spray with air. Eh voila...
all the keys work again? 

Yes? No? Maybe so? 

QUESTION 2:

The batteries on this unit only last 1.5 hours, so I have two of them. Both
died with a week of each other. I managed to run the battery calibration
program in the BIOS on one of them. It charges and drains the batter several
times. That one now seems to hold a full charge, although I have not yet
tested to see how long it will last.

Number 2 is so dead the calibration program fails when I try to start it. Is
there any hope for Battery Number 2? I saw a site online that claims to
install new cells into dead laptop batteries and the price is less than a
new OEM battery... which would have been on the shelf for 3 years.

Anyone have any experience with getting a Lithium Ion battery rebuilt?

Thanx so much.
David



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