If your laptop or netbook is dropped on the floor, you want to read this article carefully. It contains information and help to get you back on your feet and have your working laptop again, if possible. I included laptops and netbooks disorders most frequently reported after falling on the floor. If your laptop or netbook is showing any of these symptoms, you may find a solution below. Most solutions are DIY, DIY, corrections. Some require professional help and some others, replacing laptop or netbook is the most economical solution.
These are the main symptoms that occur usually after a laptop or netbook is dropped on the floor and their corresponding quick fixes. Disclaimer - any work that you do on your laptop or netbook is the one responsible. The author suitability of any quick fixes assumes for any purpose. Also, he is solely responsible for any accidental or incidental damage to your laptop. Read the manufacturers instructions before opening your laptop or netbook computer. Make sure you disconnect your laptop from any power source and make sure you are well-grounded and in touch with the laptop case before groped to open your laptop case.
Symptom: CD drive does not work. Fix: Open the case and replace the handset CD drive connector.
Symptom: laptop or netbook screen is cracked in several places. You may or may not see an image. Fix: If you do not see the image at all, you can still connect your laptop to an external monitor and work from there. Once you see the video output of your computer, transfer all the data, either to another via Ethernet or wireless computer or burn data to CD / DVD recordable disc. You can replace the screen if this is financially reasonable, otherwise the best solution would be to replace the laptop or netbook around.
Problem: The laptop is not charging by the fall. Difficulty. The charging unit may be removed. See if you can open the laptop and replace, or take your laptop to a repair shop. Make sure it is economically reasonable to replace anything. It is necessary to estimate what your laptop is worth to you.
Symptom: CD / DVD drive does not open after the fall. Difficulty. Use a pin and push through the small pin hole on the CD / DVD next door to light. The CD / DVD should open.
Symptom: USB plugs such as wireless mouse plug, broadband dongle, or broadband antenna is damaged. Fix: First make sure that the plug or dongle is not really working by testing it on a different USB port, and on another computer. If the plug or dongle or an antenna will not work on another computer, replace it.
Symptom: USB plugs, broadband dongle or damaged antenna but work on another computer. Fix: Open the case and replace the laptop USB connector to the motherboard. If this does not work, the USB port of the laptop may need to be replaced.
Symptom: Broke wireless PCMCIA card. Correction: Replace the PCMCIA card with a USB wireless adapter.
Symptom: Windows Vista or Windows 7 does not start. Fix: This is probably a hard drive problem, see below.
Problem: Hard drive problems. These can be especially critical if the laptop has been actively using hard drive for writing data. There may be different symptoms, such as no signal on the screen, the operating system is starting up, or the light of the hard drive is not coming. If you can get to Windows Safe Mode by pressing F8, you can try to check the hard drives using chkdsk c: / f, as I mentioned in one of the previous articles. If that fails, you may need to replace the hard drive and reinstall the operating system. Then you restore the data from backup.
Here you have it. Nine quick fixes or suggestions on what to do when the laptop falls to the floor. It is usually an unfortunate event. But at least you have the option of a quick fix now. As a bonus, check the technical details of the manufacturer of the laptop of your laptop computer. You can find the values of tolerance shock for your laptop is when laptop is on and when it is not active or is off. You might be surprised that a laptop is much more tolerant to shock when it is switched off or sleep or hibernation. Consider putting a laptop in sleep or hibernation, or turn it off completely when not in use. Not only saves energy and wear on parts, will also better protect your laptop from unexpected shocks such as when the laptop falls to the floor.
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