FS: R40 w/ Bad System Board

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9re9 · #1 Post by **9re9** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 1:13 pm

My R40 recently had it's video card fail (one long followed by three shorts). I've looked into what it will take to replace it, and it's not worth the effort for me. It seems a shame to bring to the recycling depot an otherwise perfectly good laptop, so I thought I'd offer it up on this forum to the person who makes the best offer.

The model is a 2897-54U, with a minor upgrade to RAM:
P M 1.3GHz, 512MB RAM, 40GB 4200rpm HDD, 15 XGA(1024x768) TFT LCD, 32MB ATI Radeon 7500, 24x10x24x/8x CD-RW/DVD, Intel 802.11b wireless(MPCI), Modem(CDC), 10/100 Ethernet(LOM), UltraNav, Secure Chip(TCPA), IEEE 1394, 8 cell Li-Ion battery.

The lucky buyer will also get an ultrabay floppy drive in nifty carrying case, port replicator, restore CDs and power adapter. The harddrive has been wiped clean, and no OS license will be conveyed. Also, in the interest of full disclosure, there is a crack in the bottom left hand corner of the bezel surrounding the display. That defect has had no effect on performance. In addition, the battery is basically a goner.

Up until the sudden failure of the GPU, this computer was working great. I've never even had any of the display problems associated with a bad inverter. In sum, someone with the time and inclination to swap out the system board on this laptop can get a good computer for a song.

ajkula66 · #2 Post by **ajkula66** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 3:23 pm

A price, at least a guideline one, would be nice...

9re9 · #3 Post by **9re9** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 3:27 pm

I'm reluctant to turn people away because I've quoted too high a price, but seeing as how I've seen a hard drive go for $40 and restore CDs go for $40, somewhere in the range of $200, shipped.

9re9 · #4 Post by **9re9** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 7:41 pm

No interest?

ajkula66 · #5 Post by **ajkula66** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 9:49 pm

IMHO, you're better off parting the machine out if you want to come anywhere close to $200...and you may want to eBay whatever you don't sell here...

Just my $0.02, obviously.

9re9 · #6 Post by **9re9** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 7:13 am

Yeah, that just seems like more trouble than its worth. If I said I'd take $150.00, would I be more on point?

compnerd4 · #7 Post by **compnerd4** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 9:30 am

9re9 wrote:Yeah, that just seems like more trouble than its worth. If I said I'd take $150.00, would I be more on point?

I might be intrested in the computer can you mp me som pics?

compnerd4 · #8 Post by **compnerd4** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 7:13 pm

w00t! Payment sent!

9re9 · #9 Post by **9re9** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 7:01 pm

Moderator, please lock this thread, the laptop has been sold.

Thanks.

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