bigcat

Today I fixed a computer (my PowerBook) but in the process spilled a glass of water and appear to have gronked my wife’s computer (a Dell). I supposed this still saved us money because the 3-year-old Dell is probably cheaper to replace with a new one that the repair costs of a PowerBook. Apple wants lots of money for service.

My Mac would not start up, and I tried all sorts of strange keyboard combos but nothing happened. Another suggestion on some forum or other was to disconnect the BIOS battery and reconnect. That worked like a charm. (This is still annoying since there are about 34,234 tiny screws that hold a PowerBook G4 (aluminum) together).

The Dell was much easier to take apart, but a lot of drying with a hair dryer and compressed air didn’t seem to get it working again.

So it looks like we are headed out to get a new laptop for my wife, who really does need a lighter one than the Inspiron 8100 (a powerful machine for its time, but weighs about 34,234 pounds).