I use a company that specializes in Dell laptops only, http://www.parts-people.com Check out their refurbishments... Sean Parsons -----Original Message----- From: plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of Eric Shubert Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 10:42 AM To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us Subject: Re: Laptop repair That seems to indicate to me that the 2nd mem slot / mb is bad. To answer your question, I don't know of a repair shop. Mark Phillips wrote: > I ran memtest on each back individually for an hour or so, and no > failures. memtest won't run when both banks are installed. It crashes > somewhere from during boot to running the test. > > Mark > > On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 8:50 AM, Eric Shubert > wrote: > > Good advice (as usual from Larry). You might also let memtest run on it > for a while to try and pinpoint the failure. > > Dazed_75 wrote: > > It could just be the heat buildup. Try to verify that the fan is > > working and check for dust buildup. Canned air works pretty good for > > blowing those things out. You might want to try that first before > > spending money to have someone else fix it. > > > > You could also monitor temperatures with one of the sensor > programs and > > see how much higher it gets with both sticks in place than with > only one. > > > > On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 6:16 AM, Mark Phillips > > > >> wrote: > > > > I have an old Dell Latitude c640 that needs some repair work. > I am > > looking for recommendations for local repair shops. > > > > The laptop was running just fine with two 512 MB memory > sticks. Then > > it started freezing up after it warmed up. If I only use one > memory > > stick, it works just fine, although a little slow. I ran the Dell > > memory diagnostic on each stick individually, and both passed. > > Before I junk it, I thought I would see how much it would cost to > > fix it. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Mark > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - > PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > > > > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Dazed_75 a.k.a. Larry > > > > The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain > > occasions, that I wish it always to be kept alive. > > - Thomas Jefferson > > > > > -- > -Eric 'shubes' > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > -- -Eric 'shubes' --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss