I'd had my Dell Laptop for just over a year (oh but a month out of warrantee!) when it suffered an accidental meeting with a glass of water. Dell wanted $270 just to send it in and look at it, and their only advice for getting rid of the error message that appears every time I boot was to take out the hard drive and "wipe it off."
*hangs head* They lost a lot of my respect. Later I had a sticky key and again, their desire was that I send them the whole computer at $270. Then pay more for a new keyboard and any service time. Bah.
I feel your pain. Consult the manufacturer (you didn't mention brand), and try yellow pages. You never know what little hole-in-the wall might be down the street. I happened to find a compy store that even gives a discount to students from my college and problems got taken care of for less than $100.
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I'd had my Dell Laptop for just over a year (oh but a month out of warrantee!) when it suffered an accidental meeting with a glass of water. Dell wanted $270 just to send it in and look at it, and their only advice for getting rid of the error message that appears every time I boot was to take out the hard drive and "wipe it off." *hangs head* They lost a lot of my respect. Later I had a sticky key and again, their desire was that I send them the whole computer at $270. Then pay more for a new keyboard and any service time. Bah. I feel your pain. Consult the manufacturer (you didn't mention brand), and try yellow pages. You never know what little hole-in-the wall might be down the street. I happened to find a compy store that even gives a discount to students from my college and problems got taken care of for less than $100.