Is this Laptop worth Fixing?

[chileanwinehous]

Ive never owned a laptop and Im thinking of fixing a laptop my brother left behind. Its a Toshiba satellite P20. these are the specs:

Pentium 4 3.40 GHZ
1 gb ram
Geforce FX Go 5700

The screen need to be replace. I found it on ebay for $109. You can still see an image so I do have another option! use an external monitor and remove the broken lcd?
I just want to know if this is worth my time to fix. It will be used for gfx design and some gaming. It also shuts off after 10 min of use, someone said it was over heating.

thanks!

[InvisibleSoul]

I think probably not... and you don't have to remove the broken LCD... just use it as a desktop and attach an external monitor to it.

[chileanwinehous]

Originally Posted by InvisibleSoul

I think probably not... and you don't have to remove the broken LCD... just use it as a desktop and attach an external monitor to it.

yeah, I got a 19" samsung lcd kicking around so I will use that. Now I got to figure out why shitting off. The fans sound really loud so maybe that's some indication of overheating? I don't know who to take it to.

[InvisibleSoul]

Just get a program like SpeedFan to see what the temperatures are.

http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php

Quickest and easiest way to at least temporarily alleviate the temperature problem is to take a can of compressed air and blow it into the vents of the laptop to free up any clogged dust. I've done this before and it has definitely helped.

[lilaznviper]

the old toshibas are the best at overheating haha