Asus

This blog has featured a number of gutted notebook pics (also here). Here's another of my most recent project and the story behind it.

After breaking into my truck with a coat hanger I was so excited about finding my spare key in the ashtray that I forgot I'd left my computer bag sitting outside. When I backed out the bag tipped over into the path of the front wheel and that was the end of my relatively new and relatively high-end notebook computer!

I thought that was the end. Amazingly, this little Asus U6S still booted up just fine and only suffered a broken LCD, cracked case and a busted optical drive. I was gearing up to fix it myself when I read somewhere that Asus (and no one else in the industry) offers a one-year accidental damage warranty for free with every notebook if you register it within two months of purchase. More than two months had passed since I bought mine and I hadn't registered it, but they nonetheless honored the warranty and fixed it at no charge with a one day turn-around! They even paid for overnight shipping both ways.

I'm a loyal Asus fan from now on and you should be too.