03-08-2017, 12:47 PM
(03-08-2017, 12:20 PM)Magenta Sunset Wrote: ok, so my 7yr old Dell Inspiron N5010 has expired.
have been advised it'll need new CPU & HDD (+Win7).
anyone fancy having a go at Lazarus-ing it?
will cover parts & beer tokens.
must come in at under £500.
Stopped turning on and/or crashing all the time?
Probably lead-free solder issues as usual - all laptops of that era have the same issues. Needs mainboard taking out and banging in oven I suspect - by the time you've done that, put it back together, you'd be best just buying a new machine.
