I can't stop laughing.... omg.

The image of a Pirate with a hammer and a mummy duck doing folk dances on a laptop while Uvah looks on, waiting for the 'miracle repair' is too much.

Oh, yeah, there was a knack to it orright... my nieces lappies were caramalised with several species of small furry animals.... not to mention 'stuff' she spilled on it.

Besides, the idea was to strike terror into the heart of Uvah and make him think he had to become a one-man wrecking crew to get into his.... the psychology being that he may leave it to the experts and eventually get it back in one piece AND working.

Uvah, you know you could simply call HP and ask for a new Power Adapter.
I have some HP Storage´s and 3 of them already had the same problem those adapters are plain cheap and they also know about that.
Here is what i did i called them told them the exact model i need and they simply sended me 2 without charging me even while i was over my warranty.
( there should be a sticker on the back of the adapter with the model name )

roloccolour, DID you read reply 52?

uvah said that he had tried another powersupply of the same voltage and amperage(assume it also had the correct plug on it), and it still did not work, so all the suggestions/comments regarding the motherboard being the cause of the problems is most likely correct, and with lappies when the mobo goes then the lappie dies, then you pull the hdd out and recycle the rest as the motherboard IS the entire computer excluding the screen,external powersupply, battery and ram, and the only easily recoverable parts ARE the powersupply, battery the RAM and the HDD.

harpo

R : We're giving Pilate two days to dismantle the entire apparatus of the Roman Imperialist State and if he doesn't agree immediately we execute her.
R: They've bled us white, the bastards. They've taken everything we had, not just from us, from our fathers and from our fathers' fathers.
S : And from our fathers' fathers' fathers.
R: Yes.
S: And from our fathers' fathers' fathers' fathers.
R: All right, Stan. Don't labour the point. And what have they ever given us IN RETURN? (he pauses smugly)
X: The aqueduct?
R: What?
X: The aqueduct.
R: Oh yeah, yeah they gave us that. Yeah. That's true.
MC: And the sanitation!
S: Oh yes ... sanitation, Reg, you remember what the city used to be like.
R: All right, I'll grant you that the aqueduct and the sanitation are two things that the Romans HAVE done ...
M: And the roads ...
R: (sharply) Well YES OBVIOUSLY the roads ... the roads go without saying. But apart from the aqueduct, the sanitation and the roads ...
MC : Irrigation ...
O: Medicine ... Education ... Health
R: Yes ... all right, fair enough ...
MC : And the wine ...
ALL : Oh yes! True!
F: Yeah. That's something we'd really miss if the Romans left, Reg.
MC: Public baths!
S : AND it's safe to walk in the streets at night now.
F: Yes, they certainly know how to keep order ... (general nodding) ... let's face it, they're the only ones who could in a place like this.
(more general murmurs of agreement)
R: All right ... all right ... but apart from better sanitation and medicine and education and irrigation and public health and roads and a freshwater system and baths and public order ... what HAVE the Romans ever done for US?
X: Brought peace!

Speaking of which, I just happened to find a photo of starkers at work on his last laptop project.

How he got all of that out of one laptop is beyond my comprehension.

nope i must have missed... well im getting old