What are you doing today?

[GaryE]

I'm glad your trucks lasted.

My laptop croaked last night. The mousepad started doing weird things, so I turned it off to restart, and it didn't respond. It still hasn't. It was a very cheap one anyway. It was just over 2 years old. Ah, quality.

I had to replace it as I'm in the middle of work with a deadline. Ah, expenses.

All my neighbours own trucks, but I never see them doing any work with them. In winter, they clear snow out of the back, but they don't actually pick up anything, carry anything or do any trucking. It's an interesting side of living on the edge of town.

 

[connorlindeman]

I'm glad your trucks lasted.

My laptop croaked last night. The mousepad started doing weird things, so I turned it off to restart, and it didn't respond. It still hasn't. It was a very cheap one anyway. It was just over 2 years old. Ah, quality.

I had to replace it as I'm in the middle of work with a deadline. Ah, expenses.

All my neighbours own trucks, but I never see them doing any work with them. In winter, they clear snow out of the back, but they don't actually pick up anything, carry anything or do any trucking. It's an interesting side of living on the edge of town.

Around here there are plenty of expensive pickup trucks. 99% of them are shiny and have never had anything in the bed. To each there own. Some prefer sports cars, some prefer fancy $100k trucks. Some like both.

 

[GaryE]

Some like neither...

But they're fun for those who like either.

 

[Fishmanic]

Whenever I see a tesla cyber truck, I ask myself.. how can any want to drive that UGLY thing. And it costs over 100,O00 dollars. To each their own.

 

[Fishmanic]

I'm glad your trucks lasted.

My laptop croaked last night. The mousepad started doing weird things, so I turned it off to restart, and it didn't respond. It still hasn't. It was a very cheap one anyway. It was just over 2 years old. Ah, quality.

I had to replace it as I'm in the middle of work with a deadline. Ah, expenses.

All my neighbours own trucks, but I never see them doing any work with them. In winter, they clear snow out of the back, but they don't actually pick up anything, carry anything or do any trucking. It's an interesting side of living on the edge of town.

Most mouse pads are easily replaced and the part is fairly cheap. What brand and model is your laptop.

 

[GaryE]

I say laptop, but it's a chromebook style - a bad purchase to start with. The entire power source seems kaput.
It's totally unresponsive to the on button.

 

[connorlindeman]

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I can't lie. I kinda like the look. Do I like it so much I would spend 100k on it? No.(not that I even have that much to spend ) Especially since the build quality is trash. Whistlingdiesel did a video on that truck. Durability test. Ended up snapping the rear subframe.

 

[Fishmanic]

@GaryE If it wont turn on, you can reset the chromebook to get it to power on but you might lose any files that werent saved to google drive. I can tell you the procedure if you want.

 

[Fishmanic]

I use an hp chromebook. I had to change the mousepad but it took maybe 20 minutes. Got part on ebay.
Battery is also very easy to replace. How old is it?
Is your chromrbook an hp? If so, which model is it?

 

[WhistlingBadger]

The Tesla "truck" looks like something a middle school kid built in their craft room, but got bored and wandered off before it was finished.

All my neighbours own trucks, but I never see them doing any work with them. In winter, they clear snow out of the back, but they don't actually pick up anything, carry anything or do any trucking. It's an interesting side of living on the edge of town.

I never quite trust somebody with a shiny pickup truck.

I used mine all the time when we lived out of town. Always hauling fencing, rocks, dirt, firewood, something. Now, not so much. It is nice for getting an elk home from the boonies, but a 4-door jeep/bronco type vehicle would be a lot more practical for the way we're living now. I think the trouble with pickups these days is that they're fashionable, which means they're expensive, and when they're expensive, you don't want to do actual work with them because it might scratch them up, which of course defeats the whole purpose of having a pickup. First world problems.

 

[GaryE]

I would love to know how to turn it on, even if just to get the last file I saved on it, but not on the cloud.

It's an Asus Notebook PC.

I think the point with Musk's ugly truck is that you tell the world you can drop 100 grand on a toy. It's a show off vehicle, all in for status. People who buy them tend not to work with them.

 

[Fishmanic]

I can tell you the procedure to get it to power on but you lose anything not saved to cloud google drive. Files in your download folder would disappear. Try charging it overnight to see of you can get it to work without have to reset it with mu method. . Make sure the light is on in the port where you attach the charger to indicate it is charging.

 

[Fishmanic]

It's an Asus Notebook PC.

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So then it is not a chromebook?

 

[anewbie]

I would love to know how to turn it on, even if just to get the last file I saved on it, but not on the cloud.

It's an Asus Notebook PC.

I think the point with Musk's ugly truck is that you tell the world you can drop 100 grand on a toy. It's a show off vehicle, all in for status. People who buy them tend not to work with them.

Is it plugged in ?

I'm confused - even if the battery is dead if you plug it in it should turn on unless there is a short.

 

[GaryE]

It's a knock off version. It's fully charged, or so it said when I looked seconds before it failed. I plugged in last night in case, and not a twitch. The battery light is on, so the charge works.

I never used it with the cloud. I saved to the hard disc, old school style. I've lost one finished text I'll have to rewrite, but everything else was backed up to an external hard drive. If the thing had continued working for 20 minutes, I would have sent that one out. I think something failed on the motherboard.