You guys, some serious devastation happened to me.
I went to turn on my laptop… and it immediately shut off. Subsequent tries revealed that my fan was no longer working and needed to be replaced. I was computer-less. I rely more on my laptop than I do my iPhone! (Wow, how first world problems was that sentence?!)
Anyway, I had to take my baby (aka my laptop) into surgery to see if it could be repaired. My significant other found a replacement part after much searching. Conversations went something like this:
Him: Kristen how old is your laptop? It’s been hard to find the part for it.
Me: Oh, about a decade.
Him: You’re trying to repair it?! Most computers don’t last a decade(!)
But yes, I wanted my laptop and so he spent about two days replacing the fan by watching YouTube videos and crossing his fingers.
My laptop has survived! It’s taken some casualties. It’s now wrapped in duct tape and can’t decide if it wants to charge its battery or not but at least I have time to buy a new laptop.
Anyone have any suggestions?
Image by Julia Joppien from Unsplash
Oh no! I have had an HP for a while and it’s been really good. I hate switching to a new laptop. I wish they lasted forever! Good luck!!
HP is great! My current laptop is an HP pavilion G6. Can’t fault them for longevity!
Ditto on them lasting forever! It’s such a hassle to switch over!
Oh No! So glad you got it working! I love my HP laptop and HP desktop. I tried a dell laptop and had nothing but problems from the first day!
The one thats dying is an HP pavilion. It certainly lasted ten years so I’m not opposed to getting another one!
I heard Chromebooks are super cheap & nice if you don’t plan on gaming or anything on it! That was so nice of your BF to fix this one for you as best he could!
He really is a sweetheart for doing it!
I ended up ordering a MacBook. Hopefully it’ll do all I need it to!
Congrats on your new MacBook!! <3
Thank you! I’m having so much fun playing with it!