So in my previous post relating to this, I’d sent the machine back twice to HP to be repaired. The first visit gained a new motherboard and CPU. The second visit gained a new LCD assembly. But still the fault persisted. It sort of worked alright-ish for around a week or so, but then gave up the ghost completely. Sometimes the backlight would come on but no picture. Having had enough of it at this point, I phoned HP technical support a third time, claiming to them it would be my last call before phoning their Customer Complaints department.
So last Wednesday (July 14th 2010), it got picked up again, and was delivered back to me yesterday (Monday July 19th 2010). What did the service report say this time? I hear you ask.. “LCD cable replaced”… Are you serious? All this for a f*cking piece of wire? However annoyed I was at what their resolution was this time, so far it’s behaved exactly as it should. Resolved? Dare I say it this time? Yes…
So, third time lucky. In the meantime, I’ve found that the CQ60 isn’t on sale ANYWHERE anymore. It’s been deprecated and replaced with it’s mate, the CQ61. Casandra has one. There’s some key changes to the chassis and port placement on the unit. The power connector is on the opposite side to the CQ60. I assume that the Graphics, CPU and Power circuitry all the same corner of the board causes somewhat of a problem. I dunno. Either way..