HELP Dropped my compaq laptop now it flickers

Radishl · Postby **Radishl** » Mon Jul 28, 2014 6:14 pm

Yesterday I dropped my laptop on the floor ( it wasn't tht great of a force ) and now my screen flickers like crazy, someone HELP, all my files are on there. Shoud prob make a back up...

YouTube · Postby **bossedit8** » Mon Jul 28, 2014 6:16 pm

Maybe you have to send the Labtop to a repair company/shop to resolve the issue or ask your parents about it. More I can't tell exactly.

Radishl · Postby **Radishl** » Mon Jul 28, 2014 6:17 pm

bossedit8 wrote:Maybe you have to send the Labtop to a repair company/shop to resolve the issue or ask your parents about it. More I can't tell exactly.

Umm, I'll try that. But could more ppl help me before I do so..

FanofSMBX · Postby **FanofSMBX** » Mon Jul 28, 2014 6:18 pm

Back it up! BACK IT UP NOW! DO ANYTHING BEFORE IT MAY DIE!
(btw you'll prob want to repair it or get a new one, I broke our old laptop like this)

Radishl · Postby **Radishl** » Mon Jul 28, 2014 6:20 pm

FanofSMBX wrote:Back it up! BACK IT UP NOW! DO ANYTHING BEFORE IT MAY DIE!
(btw you'll prob want to repair it or get a new one, I broke our old laptop like this)

I'll send you the files immediately!!

THE FLICKERING

ragont · Postby **ragont** » Tue Jul 29, 2014 1:11 pm

ur first issue was using a laptop
yeah, back up anything you can; and (obviously) don't mess with any of the hardware trying to fix it yourself.
from my experiences, laptops are super fucking fragile so send it to an expert asap

Postby **Hatsune Blake** » Tue Jul 29, 2014 1:46 pm

You could try replaceing the screen(Or a trained mechanic;peferbly the latter)

lighthouse64 · Postby **lighthouse64** » Thu Jul 31, 2014 8:43 am

Back it up into an sd card maybe.

Axiom · Postby **Axiom** » Thu Jul 31, 2014 8:49 am

lighthouse64 wrote:Back it up into an sd card maybe.

That's the worst thing possible, not all laptops have SD card slots and they're so small and easy to lose.
Invest in an external hard drive or a large flash drive. At least flash drives you can attach to your keys or something. Back everything up, like I said on reghrhre's your LCD is probably damaged

Postby **Hatsune Blake** » Thu Jul 31, 2014 5:51 pm

Or,you could try backing it up on to 2 things.That way,if you lose one,you still have the other.

Axiom · Postby **Axiom** » Thu Jul 31, 2014 6:31 pm

Or you know, he could invest in a good external hard drive that won't fail because he'll spend a decent amount of money on it and not have to worry about the copy time.
The laptop is a compaq, compaqs haven't been made since forever ago

lighthouse64 · Postby **lighthouse64** » Thu Jul 31, 2014 11:42 pm

Luigifan2010 wrote:Or you know, he could invest in a good external hard drive that won't fail because he'll spend a decent amount of money on it and not have to worry about the copy time.
The laptop is a compaq, compaqs haven't been made since forever ago

Another Idea might be to zip up all his files and then send it to something like media fire. That way you can't lose your data easily.

FanofSMBX · Postby **FanofSMBX** » Fri Aug 01, 2014 12:39 am

lighthouse64 wrote:
Luigifan2010 wrote:Or you know, he could invest in a good external hard drive that won't fail because he'll spend a decent amount of money on it and not have to worry about the copy time.
The laptop is a compaq, compaqs haven't been made since forever ago
Another Idea might be to zip up all his files and then send it to something like media fire. That way you can't lose your data easily.

He gave me all of SMLTGH so far.

lighthouse64 · Postby **lighthouse64** » Fri Aug 01, 2014 1:06 am

FanofSMBX wrote:
lighthouse64 wrote:
Luigifan2010 wrote:Or you know, he could invest in a good external hard drive that won't fail because he'll spend a decent amount of money on it and not have to worry about the copy time.
The laptop is a compaq, compaqs haven't been made since forever ago
Another Idea might be to zip up all his files and then send it to something like media fire. That way you can't lose your data easily.
He gave me all of SMLTGH so far.

??? HUH Ok I'm just wondering what SMLTGH is.
Something about mario???

Axiom · Postby **Axiom** » Fri Aug 01, 2014 9:29 am

lighthouse64 wrote:
Luigifan2010 wrote:Or you know, he could invest in a good external hard drive that won't fail because he'll spend a decent amount of money on it and not have to worry about the copy time.
The laptop is a compaq, compaqs haven't been made since forever ago
Another Idea might be to zip up all his files and then send it to something like media fire. That way you can't lose your data easily.

That is a terrible idea, all of that could be easily accessed by the public. he'd be better off with a private service like dropbox or to buy an external hard drive. That way he wouldn't have to download everything to access it

lighthouse64 · Postby **lighthouse64** » Sat Aug 02, 2014 1:41 am

Luigifan2010 wrote:
lighthouse64 wrote:
Luigifan2010 wrote:Or you know, he could invest in a good external hard drive that won't fail because he'll spend a decent amount of money on it and not have to worry about the copy time.
The laptop is a compaq, compaqs haven't been made since forever ago
Another Idea might be to zip up all his files and then send it to something like media fire. That way you can't lose your data easily.
That is a terrible idea, all of that could be easily accessed by the public. he'd be better off with a private service like dropbox or to buy an external hard drive. That way he wouldn't have to download everything to access it

Well at least could you stop saying that??? I mean it's kinda mean even though they are bad ideas.

Well yes I think dropbox would be great for him because he can access things online.

Postby **Hatsune Blake** » Sat Aug 02, 2014 6:00 pm

Lighthouse,he's just saying 'its a terrible idea' because its his opinion.
(But no offence it is a bad idea in my eyes)

Axiom · Postby **Axiom** » Sat Aug 02, 2014 9:19 pm

doomoocv wrote:Lighthouse,he's just saying 'its a terrible idea' because its his opinion.
(But no offence it is a bad idea in my eyes)

its a terrible idea because mediafire is a public site that anyone could get those files from. iirc there is no private option unless you shell out some dough despite them giving a generous amount of space.

plus, if they happened to find copywritten material (ie, you upload all your music to there) they'll take it down at some point

lighthouse64 · Postby **lighthouse64** » Sun Aug 03, 2014 12:57 am

Luigifan2010 wrote:
doomoocv wrote:Lighthouse,he's just saying 'its a terrible idea' because its his opinion.
(But no offence it is a bad idea in my eyes)
its a terrible idea because mediafire is a public site that anyone could get those files from. iirc there is no private option unless you shell out some dough despite them giving a generous amount of space.

plus, if they happened to find copywritten material (ie, you upload all your music to there) they'll take it down at some point

Well, I think he could be set with dropbox.

(unless he wants to buy an over $100 WD cloud

)

Radishl · Postby **Radishl** » Sun Aug 03, 2014 10:11 am

lighthouse64 wrote:
Luigifan2010 wrote:
doomoocv wrote:Lighthouse,he's just saying 'its a terrible idea' because its his opinion.
(But no offence it is a bad idea in my eyes)
its a terrible idea because mediafire is a public site that anyone could get those files from. iirc there is no private option unless you shell out some dough despite them giving a generous amount of space.

plus, if they happened to find copywritten material (ie, you upload all your music to there) they'll take it down at some point
Well, I think he could be set with dropbox. (unless he wants to buy an over $100 WD cloud )

Just need to save my smbx folders that's all. They are going to wipe my computer and reinstall everything necessary.
And fix the problem