We'll be Closed New Years Day
Thursday, December 31, 2009

We'll be closed New Years Day. Normal hours will resume Saturday 01/02/2010.

Have a Happy New Year!

posted by AbsoluteRaleigh @ 7:11 AM, ,


We will be CLOSED Dec 24 & Dec 25
Wednesday, December 23, 2009

We will be CLOSED December 24 & December 25.

We will open back up for normal business hours on Saturday, December 26.

We will also be CLOSED Friday, 01/01/10.

posted by AbsoluteRaleigh @ 12:02 PM, ,


Capacitor Replacement


Here is a picture of a capacitor replacement on an older AGP graphics card.

The heat next to the cheap caps made them expand and break. EVGA is a good company - there is a big debate you can read about online regarding the capacitors used by many manufacturers... If you're interested in that kind of thing.

As a note, we do not normally replace caps on graphics cards, we were just experimenting one day. We have the tools and capacitors in stock, so why not?

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posted by AbsoluteRaleigh @ 11:56 AM, ,


DV9000 numeric keypad problem

Even though the DV9000 has its own dedicated numeric keypad, some DV9000 laptops will suddenly go into numeric keypad mode and the user will not be able to use the keyboard; pressing U will type a 4, I 5, O 6, etc. Without replacing parts the easiest way to remedy this problem is to follow these steps:

1. Open up the on screen keyboard by using Run | osk.exe

2. When the on screen keyboard opens up click the [numlock] button on the onscreen keyboard, by doing this the [numlock] light on the physical keyboard should light up.
3. Exit the on screen keyboard.

4. After this the keyboard should print the numbers from the numpad and not alter the keys in the main keyboard.

The fix works till you toggle the [numlock] button on the physical keyboard, if you do the problem reoccurs.

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posted by AbsoluteRaleigh @ 11:42 AM, ,


We're a Favorite Place on Google
Monday, December 14, 2009



This just in, we're a favorite place on Google.

But you already knew that, didn't you? :)

posted by AbsoluteRaleigh @ 11:54 AM, ,


The Wake County Guardian ad Litem Program

The Wake County Guardian ad Litem Program was just brought to our attention in a nice Christmas card from our insurance agent.

You can learn more about it here:

www.wakecountygal.org

posted by AbsoluteRaleigh @ 11:52 AM, ,


XPS M1710 Runs on Battery Only
Friday, December 11, 2009


Today we had a DELL XPS M1710 laptop in that would only run on battery. The customer had taken it to another shop that replaced the power jack which did not help. We signed it in and checked it out. The jack repair job was better than we expected but not quite up to our standards so we replaced it. The rear jack pins only showed 6v when the 19v AC was connected to it. We were able to locate the problem and repair it. We can not repair all boards but we can fix DELL XPS M1710 laptops that run on battery alone. When we do a motherboard repair we typically just charge the customer for our standard DC jack repair service.

Our customer was thrilled! He had been quoted $599 by the other shop. We completed the repair at 75% off! Our experience over the years with other failed Dells helps us troubleshoot and repair the newer models.

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posted by AbsoluteRaleigh @ 10:44 AM, ,


Orange Power Jacks?
Wednesday, December 09, 2009



We have seen this in the past but it is fairly rare so today we got a pic! A few Acer laptops out there have this orange jack. It goes bad just like a black one does, so we repaired it here. We had to use a black jack though as these orange jacks are extremely rare!

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posted by AbsoluteRaleigh @ 2:43 PM, ,


Laptop Owners Facebook Group
Monday, December 07, 2009

If you have a laptop and you use Facebook please consider joining our new group "Laptop Owners" here: http://tinyurl.com/yl2u3ct

posted by AbsoluteRaleigh @ 5:34 PM, ,


Windows 7 for Students $29.99
Sunday, December 06, 2009

If you have an EDU email address you can get the Windows 7 Upgrade for $29.99. Other students qualify, too. Go here for more information.

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posted by AbsoluteRaleigh @ 7:41 PM, ,