- May 22, 2020
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Hi guys
Hope I am posting in the right place.
So admittedly, I have been a bit stupid. My XPS was prone to overheating and a couple months back did some repasting and adding thermal pads to the vrms, a couple of days ago I noticed one of the pads had moved and was blocking the fan flow and this was visible from under the laptop.
Last night, as I was removing the back cover, a loose metal component was moved and touched something on the motherboard which resulted in sparks. The laptop turns on but after 30 seconds, the led blinks Amber twice and white once, indicating cpu failure. There is visible damage on the board, link to images at the bottom.
I have taken this to a repair shop which have said that the motherboard will need to be replaced which isn’t ideal. Dell cant provide support as the laptop was purchased second hand at least once before i bought it, so an ownership transfer can’t be made which is required in order to get support.
My question is, whats the solution here? Do you guys think it can be fixed without replacing the mobo? I'm hoping there's a cheaper solution. I'd really rather keep the laptop because its a brilliant laptop for music production which is what i use it for and im not big on money atm. Otherwise, I’m thinking just to buy a new laptop and sell the dell for parts to make some money back therefore need advice on what can be salvaged to sell if i go this route. Thinking to keep the ram and hard drive though. Any advice or help is appreciated!
View: http://imgur.com/gallery/O69GAU4
Hope I am posting in the right place.
So admittedly, I have been a bit stupid. My XPS was prone to overheating and a couple months back did some repasting and adding thermal pads to the vrms, a couple of days ago I noticed one of the pads had moved and was blocking the fan flow and this was visible from under the laptop.
Last night, as I was removing the back cover, a loose metal component was moved and touched something on the motherboard which resulted in sparks. The laptop turns on but after 30 seconds, the led blinks Amber twice and white once, indicating cpu failure. There is visible damage on the board, link to images at the bottom.
I have taken this to a repair shop which have said that the motherboard will need to be replaced which isn’t ideal. Dell cant provide support as the laptop was purchased second hand at least once before i bought it, so an ownership transfer can’t be made which is required in order to get support.
My question is, whats the solution here? Do you guys think it can be fixed without replacing the mobo? I'm hoping there's a cheaper solution. I'd really rather keep the laptop because its a brilliant laptop for music production which is what i use it for and im not big on money atm. Otherwise, I’m thinking just to buy a new laptop and sell the dell for parts to make some money back therefore need advice on what can be salvaged to sell if i go this route. Thinking to keep the ram and hard drive though. Any advice or help is appreciated!
View: http://imgur.com/gallery/O69GAU4
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