Right now I have an $800 paperweight Asus laptop on my hands, barely 1.5 years old...and I'm not really sure what the best route is. It started with a fried mobo before the holidays and I didn't have much time to do the whole RMA process. Now I've setup the RMA, but came to the realization that the motherboard isn't the only problem. I now have a dead battery, and I'm pretty sure my hard drive is dead as well. (fans don't spin, they did before]
Now the guys I spoke to on the phone were firm about their pricing for fixing it out of warranty, couldn't even haggle them to cut it down to just labour costs. I was hoping to fix it up for under $200 and just sell it. Now it looks like I'll also have to fix the battery, as well as possibly getting a new HD. Does anyone know how much that'll run me?
My original plan was to fix it for under $200, sell it for $~550-600 and buy a new laptop that'll last a bit longer. I'm not sure if it's still worth fixing and selling. Should I just scrap it and buy new? Also, are notebook HD's the same as PC, i.e plug and play? I'd like to recover my files if possible. Thanks for reading.
late post, sorry if i sound confusing
Now the guys I spoke to on the phone were firm about their pricing for fixing it out of warranty, couldn't even haggle them to cut it down to just labour costs. I was hoping to fix it up for under $200 and just sell it. Now it looks like I'll also have to fix the battery, as well as possibly getting a new HD. Does anyone know how much that'll run me?
My original plan was to fix it for under $200, sell it for $~550-600 and buy a new laptop that'll last a bit longer. I'm not sure if it's still worth fixing and selling. Should I just scrap it and buy new? Also, are notebook HD's the same as PC, i.e plug and play? I'd like to recover my files if possible. Thanks for reading.
late post, sorry if i sound confusing