Advent 6412DVD

All good, my first laptop, must be seven years old and still working well. Hi Grade also have been great the only two times Ive needed them.

Great and would buy Advent (Hi Grade) again, as I intend to.

Overall this Advent Laptop is a great product but I would buy additional warranty to compensate in the future.

HELP!!, is there someone that can help me, ive got a advent laptop, have no idea what the make is as it is my brothers & he is away at the moment. Just recently when i use it the screen, goes fuzzy, lines appear and the picture goes. I have no idea what the problem is can anyone help??

I've had the Advent 6412DVD laptop for 2 or 3 years now and it is beginning to show its age. I use it daily and the keyboard and stood up well. It's a comfy and firm keyboard and key actions are positive.

As I said it's getting slow - it runs Win XP now, and I've added more memory but there are still some times that it's slow.

The only problem I've had is the screen. It flickers and the light goes off on occasion - I think that the automatic off switch is dodgy. A few movements of the screen up and down sort this out and it invariably works well thereafter.

As a student looking for a good spec laptop but for lowest cost I found that the Advent 6412DVD to meet these (October 2001). Ever since I have had it there seems to be problems with the screen, with it flickering between on and off when it feels like it or when I move it. Highgrade were little help, and not very prompt at fixing the problem, or making sure it was collected in the first place! PC Service Call were much better, and I got advice on a battery/power supply problem I was having, which now seems to have dissapeared.

Several 'repairs' under extended warrenty via PCWorld. Thank goodness I took out the 5 years extended cover. No problems for first year at all. Then I hit problems with the computer hanging, refusing to re-start, and freezing. Took back to PC World and got good prompt action and pleasant service. Collected from repair a week later and no problems for 3 months. Then it all happened again, together with a black screen. Back to PC World, wait a week, and OK for a while. Next problem was a display fault with blue and yellow pattern line across screen at different positions. Fortunately I took photoevidence at fault time, and took with me when I next visited PC World. This supported my claim of a problem, and eventually M/B was replaced, which also solved black screen problem. Since then, touch wood, no problems. Advice to anyone with problems - be firm, be polite, and above all try to take photo evidence to support your problem.