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Old Nov 16, 2005 | 07:11 PM
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Unhappy laptop troubles

i have a dell latitude cpi dx300 laptop that needs extensive case repaires for starters i have the battery held in with tape, next the casing for the screen is cracked and rotted all the from one hinge to the other i tried to fix it with bondo auto body putty it worked for a month the it snaped and im back to where i started the laptop function perfictly but is not portable in its condition and i need it for work dose anybody have a cpi there not using anymore or is dead and it has a case in good condition willing to pay upto 100.00 USD
 
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Old Nov 16, 2005 | 07:54 PM
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Check ebay man, I see alot of busted laptops for sale on there.
 
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Old Nov 16, 2005 | 08:06 PM
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ya i know but i keep getting out bidded and gave up after my hundreth out bidding on just a screen besil that got up to 300.00usd alot of people are in the same boat and don't want to give 400-800 for parts on there old laptop from dell and all i need is is a new case not the whole laptop got pleanty of spare parts for this one (internaly)
 
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Old Nov 16, 2005 | 08:09 PM
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instead of bondo, could you use jbweld, or some sort of 2 part epoxy, sure it wont look that pretty, but she'll stay together
 
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Old Nov 16, 2005 | 08:21 PM
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the case is to rotted i would have to epox the whole thing dose anybody know where i can find epox with a setup time long enough for me to do the whole thing because the stuff i usen in the past setup in like 2 minutes
 
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Old Nov 17, 2005 | 05:03 PM
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tried the 2part epox and let it set for 24hrs and it did not work as soon as i opened the lid the epox shattered
 
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