Also, I guess I was trying to steer you away from the EVO-series. I like it, but I think it's a disaster waiting to happen. Why? I'm fundamentally opposed to machines that are lightweight with a lot of moving parts (swappable this and thats). The EVO's predecessor - the Presario 1700 series - have been pretty much a disaster after the 1st year. The casing on these machines are simply too lightweight and not strong enough to hold the computer together over time. Hence, the hinges will break, the LCD plastics will also break around the hinges, the lower portion of the unit will also, guess what?, break around the hinges, and the entire unit flexes and grunts each time you open and close the screen lid. The battery, the empty insert, DVD module, FDD module... they all carry different weight and the laptop will bent and torque differently depending upon which is inserted. Enuf said...

If you wanna look at a great, used machine or a poorly-built one, look no further than eBay: a great machine, when used, will be sold in one piece; a poorly-built one gets sold for parts. I had another post asking about Toshiba 2805 hard drive upgrades - you can't find these Toshiba 2805s being broken up for sale on eBay - no keyboards, no DVD drives, no case parts... nothing! And that's after the machines' been on the market for 2-3 years. That's the sign of a great laptop. I'm not advocating you getting one, of course, but ... if you can liberate yourself from the EVO and look at other choices, then my suggestion would be to look for used laptops that are sold as laptops, not in bits and pieces.

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Thanks again Bob.
I understand what you say..I probably buy another laptop than EVO if I have to buy for myself..but I have already sold my laptop(screen problem) on Indian auction site & buyer wants the same,so I have to get him one same model.Also getting handsome return from it so I can utilised it in repairing my problem laptop.
I have already find one vendor on ebay to whom I have chatted last night..He also sent me recent pic of his EVO with & without power on laptop.I asked him to reduce 50$ & he agreed by selling direct to me than putting on ebay again.I also get his pasport copy with his photo,address & cell no...I agreed to send money via wire transfer...Please help me if I am doing right thing or not..Do I need to take some more proof from him while dealing with him.


Regards

So you're doing the private-sale route, which, according to just about everybody, is considered a high risk maneuver. I however, have had the pleasure (and good fortune) of going thru several private transactions outside of eBay and they turned out to be incredibly satisfactory to me, so ... good luck to you.

Thanks for all your needful help....I appreciate your work at daniweb.You seems to be an interesting person,I would like to chat with you sometime on yahoo or msn if you dont mind for it.

Best Regards

My id on yahoo & msn is Mr_Indiar.Hope to get one from you..Tks

Dear Bob,

I am getting the working motherboard of Evo N160 at 75$.So if you guess for sure that its motherboard only that causing the lineing problem.please guide so can I replace the whole motherboard to make my damn laptop working?

Regards

Waiting for your reply Bob.

Tks

Oh... Don't have a yahoo or msn id. Now as to your other question regarding buying a working motherboard, you're asking me for an assessment that's based on the results of three pretty darn incompetent technicians with whom you've consulted and paid. If indeed they've tested the screen and the cable and the inverter (all huge if's), then there's nothing left but the motherboard (the inverter is a non-event).

Here's a re-cap:

(1) the CPQ center you called did nothing but speculate on which part had gone bad and quoted you an LCD - they're fired!
(2) the local tech who said it was the cable but couldn't get one... If he couldn't get a good cable, how'd he know yours was bad - he's fired, too!
(3) the guy who "cleaned" your inverter.... probably lied thru his teeth since if anything, the inverter was the only part that's known to be 100% good - he's fired on the spot! I'll hire him just to fire him.
(4) the 3rd tech who replaced your cable then claimed the LCD was bad and didn't even assemble the screen back properly (since you could tell that it's been opened) - he's probably the worst of 'em all. I mean, how'd he know the screen was bad if he couldn't get one? Fired, fired, fired!

Anywho...I'm just hoping that none of the above "techs" have ripped you off - I know you've already paid them for their incompetence - but I'm seriously hoping that your EVO hasn't been "butchered" - there's the original failure, plus all the potential additional failures from being worked on by these ... auto mechanics.

But ... if you had to take these auto mechanics' words for granted, then buying a systemboard is the only remaining thing to do... :cheesy:

Hmmm....I dont think if any of this tech has made any minor or major damage to my laptop(dont have that much guts).As the line comming before & after I handed laptop from them is same,nothing change.

....If I "take it" that the all tech are wrong since no one has get my laptop working & If I go with the opinion of compaq service center tech, I need to replace the screen...right?..Now if I have to made my mind to change the screen only, than I knew one good tech who is importing new screen & parts of laptop(Also giving 1 year warrany on screen).I told him about my problem(but not told anything what other tech said).His word lay with the compaq service centre man(screen fault)....He will replace the screen & if screen works fine he will do checking to other components...What do you think,changing screen first is an easy & appropiate task to find the right fault?..
Expecting needful help.
Tks

Duh.... You seem to have forgotten about the ants. Now I didn't believe for one nanosecond that the spill got onto the inverter (it's a little piece of power board that would've shorted and left you with a dark screen and it would've spilled onto the LCD, too), so my thinking is that the spill residuals are still on the motherboard. So that's an issue that's begging for attention before you go any further.

That's the primary reason why I think these guys are auto mechanics. It only takes less than 20 minutes to disassemble the entire system to see what the hell had attracted the ants, and thus far no one has done it.