[ale] Good Linux laptops

[H P Ladds]

On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 10:40 PM, Alex Carver <agcarver+ale at acarver.net> wrote:
> Ack Supply (otherwise known as Ack, Ack Radio, Ack Electronics, etc.)
>
> www.acksupply.com
>
> Still there supposedly.

Yup, it's there. Shopped there about three weeks ago.

> On 3/16/2013 19:36, Michael Nolan wrote:
>>
>> I have many laptop power jack fixes floating about that consist of a
>> 1/8 inch barrel plug and socket with 2~3 inch pigtails that I used to
>> get from a electronics store on the east side of Northside Dr. @ 10th
>> street. I used to buy them by the handfuls, and I've never had to do
>> that repair twice. It leaves a ugly two inch tail hanging out of the
>> laptop and it's a "live" male plug on the power supply end. Not
>> elegant, but I like danger and it works and disconnects clean on a
>> pull to the conductors.
>>
>> I just looked at Google maps and it looks like the location is now
>> taken over by The Southern Regional Board Student Student Center
>> Commons or somesuch.
>>
>> Anyone remember the name of that place? or if or where they have moved
>> to? (best stock of shrink tube I've ever seen...)
>>
>> On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 12:29 AM, David Ritchie <deritchie at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> One thing to always check on laptops is that the power jack is on a
>>> pigtail
>>> instead of being soldered to the motherboard - much easier to  fix when
>>> the
>>> power jack fails in the future. Make certain that a service manual is
>>> available that tells your how to get
>>> the machine open to work on it. A quick way to check is to go to Ebay and
>>> search for a power jack for the computer in question,
>>> which will allow you to easily seen what kind of connector it is using...
>>
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