Awwww.... T^T *hugs*

Damn, that's some nasty luck.

Luck has nothing to do with it, it's just bad handling.

How much would you need for the repairs or something?

I dunno about repairs, but a friend of mines shown me a fairly cheap laptop for £500 or so, i dunno if computers would be cheaper, cus I'm a total technophobe.

In general you will probably get a more powerful PC than a Laptop for the same money. Remember, part of the reason is that you pay more for the laptop to be small and portable, but that also means components might be less powerful in order to conserve energy.

Rule of thumb if you are looking for the best bang for the buck is: PC will always offer the better value IF the fact that it's not portable like a laptop is not important. PLUS, and that might be the most important thing: You can customize your PC like you want. While you are pretty much can't customize a laptop at all.

Addendum: Adding a monitor to the equation might throw it slightly off, but you are able to save a lot of money on buying hardware that has been out for a bit already, so last generation of something, which often even doesn't affect your system at ALL unless you want to build a gaming machine.

Ew... omg that's... just terrible : |
I am so sorry that happened to you...
Do you know a friend who can open up the laptop to fix the usbs?

I do not

. n.

Oh damn. D:

The USB port shorted? Seems odd considering. If nothing else maybe we can take up a donation for you so that you can get back to work.

Tragedy! Ugh, that's rough. =/

Oy bud. I hope I can help somehow until you find a solution.

https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/6515529/

^That's the best I can do. Hope I can send ya something soon.

Why you do dis, I don't deserve such niceness ;u;

Cause your awesome. o3o

I am just a simple doge

Oh... fuck... that is not good... :( A worst case scenario indeed.

...Well shit. If you open up a donation fund, I'll try and reserve some of my spending for you ;-;

I'm not going to open a public donation drive thing, but if you or anyone really wants to send something my way, note me and I'll give you the paypal.

You don't have any alternative USB slots on your computer anywhere else? even if you got 1, you can buy the multislot extenders to alleviate the issue.

laptop only has 2, side by side on the left.

If I had the money I would pay for everything.

If you need money for repairs and new stuff, I'd donate to that cause.

Damn you Isaac Newton! D:<

Hes such a cunt for inventing gravity!

I hope he chokes on an apple and dies.

It wouldn't be wrong to take new commissions, because you won't be able to finish the old commissions until you can get your drawing rig working again.

I can't handle more with the on/off depression I'm going through.

Yeah, I know, I deal with the same thing. It's really hard. However, there is hard, and then there is impossible. Taking on more commissions to fix your rig would be hard, but finishing old commissions without the rig would be impossible. The other option is to do refunds, and I don't know how hard that would be for you.

The Art Gods are afraid of your progress, wayward Wyn. They fear you might topple Mount Olympus with your mad draw skillz.

I'm gonna climb back up there and punch Zeus in the balls.

Ho damn; that is some bad luck right there. I wouldn't know how much repairs would go for. If I had funds I'd donate or something towards either a new laptop or repairs.

Dog can help o.,o dog has money... next week.

don't cry buddy, i know it's hard to beleive but don't be sad about it U_U

you maybe lost your tablet but you still have your skill ^^

you have pencil or something ?

How can i help?

Oh dear...

I could spare some money next week, a good 1-200 for laptop cost. we could work out some sort of arrangement.

Has the laptop got any expansion slots like ExpressCard?
If so you could add a USB card to it for cheap.

I'm not techy enough to do this ;3;

It's about as difficult as inserting a Nintendo DS card if your computer has a slot. :3
Looks like this: http://www.notebookreview.com/assets/3335.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaSRYecKaqc

I have special eyes

Look! Look with your special eyes! >:O

You could try following the following checklist for fixing USB ports:
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/dead-u.....se-and-fix-it/

It might be a relatively simple connection problem that you could get fixed at a pc store for cheap.

=(

If you want to try your hand at building a cheap desktop or just finding a cheap one for a good price I'll help you look/walk you through things anytime Wyn. I've gotten pretty good at finding stuff that'll last for the cheapest it can go for

Bluetooth to USB adapter and resolder the USB? :3

Does it have bluetooth abilities? You could pair that way maybe.

I'm sorry.

If I remember, There was a Bluetooth Wacom tablet, could use that as temporary solution to gain enough money for whatever you need!

Other than the alternate tablet solutions, perhaps a tablet PC or pen+digitizer capable tablet for temporary work (Samesung Note Tablet, or an old(er) used Eee Slate tablet that has Windows 7). Alternately, is there no way of doing traditional work and photographing/scanning it (and using a mouse to do vector line art)? It might be slower but it's an option.

I haven't held a pencil since I was 12

If you're coming from using a Cintiq (or any screen tablet like that) it shouldn't be a major issue. If anything, why shouldn't you try it? If you're without other options, it can't hurt to mess with it, no? At least, that's what I've done when I have no other choice.

Is there anything I can do to help?

If the USB portsx don't work with anything, it may have blown a tiny fuse on the motherboard, which may not be too expensive to have repaired depending on model and what computer repair places are local to you (don't bother with Geek Squad, and try to find one that can just solder a new fuse in, probably cheaper than a new board.

Another option that you can easily do yourself is to install one of these or these. If it comes with a driver CD, DO NOT use it, that's for older Win9x systems and will make USB stop working on newer WinNT-based systems. I actually own both of these cards, and they work pretty well, plus they mount flush so you can leave them in all the time without them getting caught on anything.

As for the tablet, if the cord or connector is damaged, it shouldn't be too hard to get a USB cable or extension and cut off the non-computer side, and either solder (or have someone else solder) it on in place of the original cable.

I was thinking the same thing! I'm always fixing my friend's stuff :P.

Could plan on what i'm doing an pick up a Surface Pro 2, funds pending. :x

Oh crap, if only I had read this journal earlier. This may be a simple to fix problem. Since the source of damage was mechanical stress, it is likely that I can simply replace the usb ports, maybe fuses too and fix a new cable to the tablet. If this is still a issue or something similar happens, you can note me. The only hurdle I see are shipping costs from GB to Germany. So fixing cheap items would not be too economic. As soon as I have more free time, I'm willing to make tutorial videos for fixes in my ability range.