[dba-Tech] Repairing the Surface Pro

Unfortunately, computers are going in the same direction as where cars went. Once upon a time, you could be your own car mechanic, but the components in your car are getting so sophisticated, it is less feasible to do the repairs yourself without going to a qualified (and sometimes specialised) car mechanic.

The same is true for the computing world. We want things that are very light, compact and portable, which basically means glue soldered components and cases that very hard to open. :\ all in the price of progress, I s'pose. Joe Schmoe user doesn't care though.

Best regards,
Hans-Christian Andersen


On 24 Feb 2013, at 08:47, "Jim Lawrence" <accessd at shaw.ca> wrote:

> Hi Hans:
> 
> This is all in theory of course as I have never had to repair a cell phone.
> Being that they have always been under contract, the provider owns the phone
> until the end of the contract, parts are not easily available to the general
> public, there are no moving parts so your phone is unlikely to break and the
> only things that can be exchanged (or repaired) are as you say the SIM card
> and battery.
> 
> Laptops are different though but the bottom end ones are so cheap that the
> parts are as expensive as a new unit.
> 
> It is that I have a fundamental dislike for just throwing things out that
> are still working fine or need simple repairs and are capable of doing just
> what you need. 
> 
> I am in the process of upgrading an old server (also an old PC), probably in
> two to three weeks, that in less than twelve months, will be 15 years old.
> Considering that it has basically ran 24x7 for the entire duration, its not
> bad (It wasn't even running Linux only an early edition of Win2000 (1998)
> first and is now currently running Server2003 enterprise edition). Then
> there is a very old PC, running with junk parts from the 90s and can still
> run as a server if necessary... Debian Linux I believe. ;-) I have also kept
> many client computers running for as long as ten years and then there is the
> record, last year, when a client brought in a running Dell (from the time
> when they still made real computers), with all the original parts and the
> label on the back that read 1990. I have asked the fellow to give the box to
> me instead of chucking it out as I would love to try and stuff an
> over-clocked server into that box...a friend has access to a two year old
> ASUS G74SX laptop mother board with a i7-Intel CPU (6 core), 8GB of RAM...
> ;-) 
> 
> Jim  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Hans-Christian
> Andersen
> Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2013 12:46 AM
> To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Repairing the Surface Pro
> 
> By serviceable, are you referring to a hypothetical situation or reality?
> 
> How much ability do you have to fix something on your Samsung, should it
> break? Would you know the first thing on how to fix it or have the necessary
> tools and ability to replace it? Is it trivial? I strongly doubt it. The
> most you can possibly do is replace the battery or your SIM card. Well,
> that's pretty much been the extent of what you can do on cell phones since
> as far as I'm aware.
> 
> Then there is the ability to upgrade. Obviously, it is not possible for any
> of us to upgrade ram or CPU etc on our phones.
> 
> Cell phones just aren't serviceable. Never have been. You are better off
> just buying a new one. It will probably work out cheaper than any effort you
> might put in hypothetically.
> 
> Or you can buy your phone off a company, which has a great,
> no-questions-asked policy on product returns that can be taken care of
> within an hour or 2.
> 
> - Hans
> 
> 
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