Laptop Kaput

karltimber

Hi,

have a friends dell 1525 - 3-4 years old and it won't turn on at all.

Have tried the following to no avail -
tried diff power supply - with/out battery - no led's light up on front
re-connected on/off switch to see if it was that - no
reseated ram - no

Was going to take laptop apart to reseat/replace bios battery but not sure if this would do anything - as with no led's on front - I think the mb must be gone.

I can recover the hdd data for the girl - college laptop.

question - what else to try ???
If it were brought to a repair shop - what cost is an initital look - even without a fix ?? cost of new mb (prob not worth it) ??

Thx for any ideas or help,

k

unnameduser

Hi there.

Good stuff you have tried the necessary initial steps to troubleshoot the fault.

Have you stripped the laptop to see if there is signs of moisture damage.

Have you done any continuity tests with a multimeter?

You ask

"If it were brought to a repair shop - what cost is an initital look - even without a fix ?? cost of new mb (prob not worth it) ??"

We charge €30 for an estimation. In general most places are the same, In Dublin, a little bit more.

A new MB is somewhere from €200 to €300 although there are second hands available.


Best of luck with it. Glad to hear the data isnt lost at least.

x in the city

karltimber wrote: »

Hi,

have a friends dell 1525 - 3-4 years old and it won't turn on at all.

Have tried the following to no avail -
tried diff power supply - with/out battery - no led's light up on front
re-connected on/off switch to see if it was that - no
reseated ram - no

Was going to take laptop apart to reseat/replace bios battery but not sure if this would do anything - as with no led's on front - I think the mb must be gone.

I can recover the hdd data for the girl - college laptop.

question - what else to try ???
If it were brought to a repair shop - what cost is an initital look - even without a fix ?? cost of new mb (prob not worth it) ??

Thx for any ideas or help,

k

back up data and buy new notebook|laptop, that it worth nothing by now and waste of time to take it to a 'shop' to get fixed.

thenightrider

You could strip the laptop and have a look on the mother board to see if there is a fuse not all laptops have them looks like this and test it with a multi meter if its not working chanses are thats your problum