Expected lifetime of HP computers.

[Robert_RD]

The system clock of my notebook , and it's synchronizing with an internet time server, has started to malfunction, after the CMOS battery has run out of power. The replacing of the battery didn't resolve the problem, and I posted a question about it in the "Operating Systems and Software" section of this forum:

http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebook-Operating-Systems-and-Software/System-clock-is-constantly-very...

The Volunteer erico, has told me that I should jump for joy, since the system board of my notebook lived as long as CMOS battery, and that it should have died long time before that:

"Your notebook has served you well beyond its expected lifetime"

I would like to ask a member, with a status of "HP Representative", to confirm that, and to specify the expected lifetime of the system board.

Thank you.

[banhien]

Hi,

Many members on this forum still have machines up to 10 years or more.  Just check one of my machines :

             

3 yr warranty ended nearly 2 years ago means its age: 4.5 years old, I expect it will stay up for at least 3 more years.

Regards.

[Robert_RD]

banhien,

Your post does not contain the answer to my question, and my question was not addressed to you.

Please do not post in this topic.

[banhien]

Hi,

Sorry, when reading the subjet:"Expected lifetime of HP computers". If you only asking about motherboard or system board then it depends on how do you define lifetime. It can be very long and can be very short.

Hope this makes sense.

[Robert_RD]

banhien,

Your post does not contain the answer to my question, and my question was not addressed to you.

Please do not post in this topic.

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You need to please read the forum rules of participation.

http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Rules-of-Participation/Rules-of-Participation/m-p/252325/highlight/true...

No matter what status anyone on this forum has, it is against the forum rules for anyone, HP employee or not, to repond on behalf of the company (HP).

So no matter who responds to your post, all you are going to receive is someone's opinion.

Let me ask you a question...How can anyone answer your question anyway?

The lifetime of a system board depends on many factors. To name a few... Environment the PC is used in... How often the PC is used...How is the PC used (light internet surfing/e-mail, or demanding video games)...Care and maintenance of the PC. The quality/stability of the components used when the PC was manufactured....Quality control of the batches of the assembled motherboards made that were used in your notebook at the time of production.

Did you know that back in 2003 - 2004, there was a big problem with counterfeit capacitors used in the manufacture of desktop system boards across almost every PC manufacturer?

The result was that these capacitors swelled and burst in a couple of years, rendering the boards with those capacitors inoperable long before their 'life expectancy' should have been up.

Not even Meg Whitman will be able to tell you that the system board in your specific model notebook should last say, 6 years, 3 months and 5 days.

I have a Dell C610 business notebook from the year 2000 with a Pentium 3 processor that is still going strong.

I'm sure that many other C610's have bit the dust ages ago.

I can see from most of your posts (with Erico and Banhien) that you appear to be a difficult person to deal with, so don't hold your breath waiting for anyone else volunteering to engage in a dialog with you.

If and when (since participation in this forum by anyone is purely voluntary), a 'HP representative' responds to your post, I repeat, all you will be getting is another opinion.

[Robert_RD]

---

@Paul_Tikkanen wrote:

Let me ask you a question...How can anyone answer your question anyway?

The lifetime of a system board depends on many factors. 

---

 Ask @erico. He didn't need to know any factors.

He only new the manufacturer of my notebook (HP) and approximate year of its production (around Vista), and he said that it's dead. That it has to be.

Then, he explained, that "expected lifetime" of my notebook has run out a long time ago, and went on and on about how undisputable that fact is.

[Robert_RD]

---

@Robert_RD wrote:

---

@Paul_Tikkanen wrote:

Let me ask you a question...How can anyone answer your question anyway?

The lifetime of a system board depends on many factors. 

---

 Ask @erico.

Well? Did you?

[Huffer]

I read through erico's responses and I thought he was very helpful and patient and his answer was correct. A laptop's statistical mean time to failure is somewhere around 4 years give or take a year. That is a statistical fact. These days, obsolescence and mechanical failure are about the same thing and a 5 year old laptop even if it functions perfectly begins to lose its uesfulness to run current software. As the laptop gets older replacement parts generally get cheaper so replacing a motherboard on a 5 year old laptop is very possible and not expensive but very few such repairs get done because it is not worth the effort to so so. 

[Robert_RD]

---

@Huffer wrote:

I read through erico's responses and I thought he was very helpful

---

[Moderator edited comment and sent PM] 

Wow.

You can ?