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Replace motherboard or replace laptop?

  • 06-04-2010 1:33pm
    #1
    nandonine
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17 ✭


    Hi guys
    I have a Dell Vostro 1310, have it about 18 months and it is out of warranty.
    It was repeatedly crashing so I took it to IT guys in work, long story short - needs a new motherboard.

    I was quoted €350 plus VAT for the new motherboard. Was wondering if I should just bite the bullet and get a new laptop? I have stuff like MS Office, etc on the old one however.

    Is getting a new motherboard akin to getting a new engine in a car (I'm a bit technologically illiterate :confused:)?

    Cheers


Comments

  • #2
    Voodu Child
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,706 ✭✭✭Voodu Child


    I would probably buy a new laptop.

    If you have a legit MS Office licence then you can just install it again on the new laptop. You should have discs or a product key or something like that.

    You can also take the hard-drive out, put it into an enclosure or dock, and salvage all the data.

    You can sell all the working components of the laptop (on ebay etc). People will buy the CPU, LCD panel, optical drive keyboard, wireless card, all that stuff. You won't get much on their own, but it'll all add up. The CPU alone will be worth a decent bit (depends what it is).

    Im sure you'd raise €150-200 easily enough. Take that on top of your €350 it would have costed for the mobo, and you'll buy a very decent modern laptop.

    -Edit- I suppose the MS Office licence could be OEM, but not to worry... Open Office is a good free alternative.


  • #3
    x in the city
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,134 ✭✭✭x in the city


    18 months is not old

    and getting a new mobo for a laptop that kept crasing doesnt sound legit.

    id get a second opinion, could be faulty ram modules...


  • #4
    Voodu Child
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,706 ✭✭✭Voodu Child


    Oh, another thing which may be very relevant, I completely forgot:

    Dell extended the warranty of the Vostro 1310 (and many other laptops) by one-year beyond their original warranty on account of well-publicised problems with the Nvidia graphics cards. The warrany is extended only for GPU-related failures.

    Google for the relevant info, its on a Direct2Dell blog.

    If your Vostro is crashing, and its a result of the graphics card, which is possible because that would require a mobo replacement to fix then you will be covered for a replacement mobo by Dell, for one-year beyond the original warranty.


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