Recent content by matchgirl42

In the last 6 years I've had to evacuate 4 times, I'm in a flood & mandatory evacuation zone, and hurricanes have become more frequent, alas. So I pack up the essentials I can't lose, and I go. Thankfully no major damage yet (knock on wood), just moderate flooding, some downed/dead trees on the...

I only wonder if it is a refurbished unit sold to me as new; I can't prove it, alas. I did look at several tear-down/upgrade/HDD replacement videos for this particular model, the laptop appears to be designed that way, for the back cover to hold the HDD (in the bracket) in place inside the bay...

Hello again mrmike16, So, update. There does not appear to be any damage to the HDD so far, thankfully, after running checks in both Windows and Linux Mint (this laptop is dual-booted because I find Windows 10 to be extremely frustrating to use, but I keep it for things that just will not work...

Hi mrmike16, Thanks for the reply. The crimping I'm referring to is on the long silver strip (about 1/2 inch wide) that runs across the image, below the fan. The best I can figure, they had to bend/crimp it during manufacturing because it wasn't lined up properly with where it's connected to...

I'm an average user with just enough know-how about the innards of computers to do basic hardware repairs, but I'm no expert. So this is a bit of a saga, back in January my sister bought an ASUS Vivobook 17 for me, from Best Buy, shipped to my home. When I opened the box and started up the...