Try abbai computers ( http://www.abbai.com ). They are local and they have a flat rate for repairs. General Repair: $60/hour (half hour minimum) Monitor Repair: $60 Flat Fee - 14" or 15" / $100 - 17" and up Laptop Repair: $160 Flat Fee. Maybe you can work something out with them. The guy there is pretty reasonable. Otherwise, search for the part number on the net and install it yourself. Doug ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nate Carlson" <natecars at real-time.com> To: "Twin Cities Linux User Group" <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> Sent: Monday, November 05, 2001 3:11 PM Subject: [TCLUG] Sony VAIO laptop repairs? > Well, my VAIO has apparently seen too much use (it's almost two years > old), and the cable between the base of the laptop and the LCD screen > appears to have gone bad. I've been having trouble with it for a while, > but wedging it at a certain angle always got it to keep working. :) > > Sony won't ship me the ribbon cable to install myself (hafta ship it to > them), and from what I've been told it takes 3-4 weeks to get stuff back > from them. Does anyone happen to know either a place where I can buy parts > for these things, or a local repair shop that works on them? (Laptop's > long out of warranty, so no worries about voiding anything..) > > -- > Nate Carlson <natecars at real-time.com> | Phone : (952)943-8700 > http://www.real-time.com | Fax : (952)943-8500 > > > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list