Hah.
Well I've got inlaws in the west midlands area, so I'll have them pop round if there's any issues :C
Hmm. Factory Direct and you are asked to sign away your distance selling rights. So almost certainly a small outlet in China.
This is such crap. Samsung NC10s were a pain a few years back with their white screen issue and even with hundreds (maybe thousands) of complaints it was a real drag trying to get hold of cables. I had one replaced under warranty, then replaced it again myself after another year and had to replace one in my partner's machine as well. Doing the replacement myself I spent ages trawling around trying to find a replacement that a) matched the model exactly and b) wasn't a bargain at £150.
Yup. Load of shite.
PC Specialist have the parts, but won't sell them to me because I don't have a PC Specialist order number for my laptop (was bought by my insurance company, via an agent, via ebuyer, so there /is/ no PC Specialist order number).
Hoping this one turns up, but i've had no further communication from the 'shop' beyond an 'order confirmed' email.
Paid with paypal so if it comes to it I can initiate a dispute there. Hopefully.
It's bad enough having to thread the bastard things through the hinge and then reassemble it without the agony of getting hold of one.
Aye, it was a bit of a cunt getting the old one out. Had to unscrew one corner of the mother board (just needed about 0.5mm more wriggle room), which meant unplugging the top panel (keyboard, track pad, power siwtch) which was 3 or 4 far too fucking short ribbon cables. Easy enough to get off, but an utter bastard to get back on.
If you ever run into that sort of thing again let me know. I'd be happy to reship something out to you.
May still be running into this sort of thing, still no comms from the 'shop'...
OK let me know if I can help!
I missed a signed for delivery today 8-O