<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif">I have a D620 that is in pretty good shape. The batteries are just dead. It also has a fresh ubuntu install on it but i would guess you just will swap the drive and move on.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif">It is the Core duo with 2GB ram. Let me know if you want it.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 9:30 AM, Mark Phillips <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mark@phillipsmarketing.biz" target="_blank">mark@phillipsmarketing.biz</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>My daughter's Dell D620 seems to be dying. I think the screen is dead...the splash screen at boot time does not appear even though the HD light is on. It has Ubuntu on it now. I tried running the Dell Diag diak, but the screen remained dark as well. <br><br>She has one more semester in high school, then off to college with a shiny new Macbook Pro. Sort of a family tradition as her two older sisters went down the gray path and abandoned Linux for iOS when they went to college. I read there will be another generation of Macbook Pros out this summer, so I would like to wait to buy her that new Mac until after high school graduation...plus relatives always chip in a little extra to mitigate the sting of the Apple price tag...;)<br><br>Anyway, does anyone have an older laptop they are willing to sell that is comparable to a D620 (Core duo processor T7600, 14.1", A couple of Gigs of RAM)?<br><br>Is there a place that older laptops go to be refurbished and resold? Does anyone have any experience with Device Pitstop (2827 W. Peoria Avenue, Suite 100-A Phoenix,)? They buy and sell computers.<br><br></div><div>Thanks!<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br><br>Mark<br></font></span></div></div>
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