That's an elite hacker plan for those of you who don't speak '1337'. My trusty Sony Vaio 505FX laptop is starting to look a bit dated after it's long life. Considering it was second-hand when I bought it from EBay, the only problems it has are the CMOS battery being a bit flat and the main battery not holding it's charge for very long.
As it happens I do have the resources to buy a brand new laptop from a retailer if I want to. However, I thought it would be much better to simply refurbish my existing laptop with some case modifications. This would include respraying the casing with some decent gloss paint with some sort of custom-design.
Thus armed with a vague plan I searched EBay for laptops being sold for spares. If I can obtain another 505FX I can use it to practice modifications on. However I have seen a water-damaged laptop going (for the moment) quite cheaply. It doesn't power on, has motherboard problems and the hard drive has been removed. If I can get it for a reasonable price, I might be able to do several things with it;
1. Repair it to full working order
2. Replace the guts with those from another laptop
Option 1. is unlikely but possible. Option 2. is more likely though it will be quite complex. In the interval between now and the end date for the auction I will keep looking on EBay for similar laptops in case I get outbid. I leave you now with the words of Albert Einstein;
Albert Einstein: "A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new."
till next time,
Alex.
As it happens I do have the resources to buy a brand new laptop from a retailer if I want to. However, I thought it would be much better to simply refurbish my existing laptop with some case modifications. This would include respraying the casing with some decent gloss paint with some sort of custom-design.
Thus armed with a vague plan I searched EBay for laptops being sold for spares. If I can obtain another 505FX I can use it to practice modifications on. However I have seen a water-damaged laptop going (for the moment) quite cheaply. It doesn't power on, has motherboard problems and the hard drive has been removed. If I can get it for a reasonable price, I might be able to do several things with it;
1. Repair it to full working order
2. Replace the guts with those from another laptop
Option 1. is unlikely but possible. Option 2. is more likely though it will be quite complex. In the interval between now and the end date for the auction I will keep looking on EBay for similar laptops in case I get outbid. I leave you now with the words of Albert Einstein;
Albert Einstein: "A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new."
till next time,
Alex.
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