| Author | Message | ||
     Firemanjim |
My GF's daughter had her laptop crash and was diagnosed as the mother board. Repair place wants 320.00 to replace. Is this the going rate or anyone here want to do it? Thanks all. | ||
| Froggy |
Sounds about right, replacement boards run $50-150 depending on make and model, rest is labor. Just curious, what make and model is it? If it is a Dell I may be able to get it taken care of for you | ||
| Rsh |
Unless it is a relativly new semi high end, or high end laptop, I would just buy a new laptop. Example: $299 at Frys Toshiba Satelite C655D-S5192 (PSC0YU-00301V) - simply sensational laptop value. Get things done and stay connected with the Satellite® C655 laptop, a very affordable, easy-to-use PC for basic productivity at home or in the office. Featuring a 15.6” diagonal TruBrite® HD display, plus new AMD® E240 processor technology and ample graphics horsepower, this laptop gives families, students or small and home-based businesses the essential power and workspace to study, tackle budgets with a handy 10-key pad, keep up on Facebook® and Twitter™, or simply do more at their desk. An attractive Trax textured finish blends looks with durability. With Wi-Fi®, Ethernet and Vision Technology from AMD, you can connect, and experience quick-loading, rich web content, sharp photos and crystal-clear music. Escape into your favorite casual games and enjoy smooth, realistic graphics. Plus, plenty of ports and storage give you the freedom to expand, or hold more files and media. Conclusion: Toshiba technology delivers style at any price. Main Features Full-Sized Keyboard with 10-Key Touch Pad with Multi-touch Control DVD SuperMulti Drive Spacious HDD 802.11n Wireless HD TruBrite® Display Trax Texture Finish Toshiba Media Controller Toshiba Bulletin Board Toshiba eco Utility™ Specifications: Operating System: Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64-bit Processor: Vision Technology from AMD featuring AMD E-Series Processor E-240 (1.5 GHz, 512KB L2 Cache) Graphics: AMD Radeon™ HD 6310 Graphics with 384MB-947MB dynamically allocated shared graphics memory. Memory: 2GB DDR3 (max 8GB), 2 memory slots. One slot is occupied. Storage Drive: 250GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive Optical Drive: DVD SuperMulti drive supporting 11 formats Display: 15.6” diagonal widescreen TruBrite® TFT LCD display at 1366 x 768 native resolution (HD), Native support for 720p content, 16:9 aspect ratio, LED backlit Sound: Built-in stereo speakers Communications: 10/100 Ethernet, Wi-Fi® Wireless networking (802.11b/g/n) Expandability: Memory card reader supporting: Secure Digital, Secure Digital High Capacity, Mini SD Card, Multi Media Card (shared slot-may require adapter for use) Ports: RGB (VGA out), Microphone input port, Headphone output port, 2 USB v2.0 ports, RJ-45 LAN port Battery: 6-cell/48WH Li-Ion Battery, Up to 6 hours battery life Software: TOSHIBA App PlaceSM, TOSHIBA Assist, TOSHIBA BookPlace™, TOSHIBA Bulletin Board, TOSHIBA Disc Creator, TOSHIBA HDD/SSD Alert, TOSHIBA HW Setup Utility, TOSHIBA Media Controller, TOSHIBA Password Utility, TOSHIBA Recovery Disc Creator, TOSHIBA ReelTime, TOSHIBA Service Station, TOSHIBA Supervisor Password Utility, TOSHIBA Value Added Package, Adobe® Acrobat® Reader, Google® Toolbar, Google® Chrome, Internet Explorer 8, Microsoft® Office Starter 2010, Microsoft® Windows Media Player 12, Microsoft® Silverlight™, Microsoft® Live Essentials (inlcudes Photo Gallery, Messenger, Mail, Writer, Movie Maker), WildTangent® Games Console, NetZero® Internet Service, Norton Internet Security™ 2011 (30-day trial subscription), Skype®, Toshiba Online Backup (30-day trial subscription) Warranty: 1 YEAR STANDARD LIMITED WARRANTY, Includes International Limited Warranty for obtaining service when traveling outside the United States. | ||
| Orman1649 |
I'm with Rsh. I can't imagine she needs a high end laptop and 320 bucks is *at least* a nice down payment for a new one. | ||
| J2blue |
Fortunately/Unfortunately PCs are at the same place as TV sets and VCRs when it comes to repairs. Usually parts are cheap, but labor is the higher portion. If you are a do it yourself type you can make out pretty good, but if you need to pay a shop or a person whose livelihood is at stake don't be shocked at the cost. On the other hand, it is a great time to upgrade! Recycle your old PC/laptop and get a much better unit for less than you paid for the previous one. | ||
| Hootowl |
$320 is cheap. We used to send laptops to IBM for repair. If they had to replace the MB, we may as well have bought a new laptop. Its mostly labor. I concur with the above posts...just get a new one. | ||
| Carbonbigfoot |
+1 | ||
| Firemanjim |
Crud,figured as much--it is a Toshiba and yup,lots out there cheaper than fixing.Thanks all. | ||
| Mr_grumpy |
Throwaway society,blahblahblah Repaired everything in my day, blitherblitherblither. Make do & mend, rambleramble Young people today, blahblah. Don't know what the world's coming to.  | ||
| Doerman |
No worries... the electronic components gets recycled:  And then they sell the components back to us as new and it ends up in military equipment.  And then it costs DOD tens of Billions of $ to guard against it ending up on critical equipment. | ||
| Bwbhighspl |
Motherboards don't "go bad" very often, unless you drop it, bend it, push things into it, and/or pull things out of it. I've had two go bad on me, both times it was induced through my own carelessness. THAT BEING SAID....who diagnosed the problem? And what does it do when you push the "on" button? If you get anything on the screen, it's unlikely to be the mo-bo. If it gets power, and the screen remains completely blank, it's the motherboard. If it's plugged into the wall, and no power at all (including LEDs), it's the motherboard. In any case, you can probably sell it on ebay for parts. There are even craig's list trolls that pick that stuff up. | ||
| Xoptimizedrsx |
I'm with Bwbh on this one. I work on many different one at home and at school. get Us a list of what you see on the screen. as in Blue screen, black screen blank or with blinking line top left, or gray screen. Plus any wording if it comes up. also what version of windows were you using? With no info when its trying to come on as soon as you push the power button press F8 repeatedly till it start with an option to select safe mode. If you get to this far the MOBO is good. now once the writing clears and it loads windows in safe mode go to start. select all programs, accessories, system tools, system restore. Now click more restore points in the lower left. pick a date you know it was working right. then click ok and let it run till it restarts. normally about 5 mins to 10 mins. once it reloads it will be ready to use. If the issue still happens repete the restore with an older date till it clears out. This also works to remove many viruses as long as they are not in your personal documents files. now that its working go to backup and restore and create a backup system repair (ard)disk and a restore disk. now if you have a Hard drive with a bad sector stopping it from working you will need a few replacement files and you will need a program like spinrite to move what is good and mark the sectors that are bad out of service. Microsoft has used spinrite and many other shop do as well. It can take hours to run. Once you load it and its running use level 4. normally it takes 4 to 6 hours to fully run. once done restart the pc and see if its fixed. With out having the pc in hand thats all I can do from here. | ||
| Firemanjim |
Won't even turn on guys or I woulda tried all of that.Thanks. | ||
| Tbolt_pilot |
My last job I was responsible for hundreds of laptops and after the first visit by a Dell tech I decided he wasn't coming back. It took me 3 days to get him cleared into the building and 10 mins for him to replace the part. For the next 4 years I got good at diagnosing and fixing the Dell C and D series laptops. Got to the point I could change a mo-bo in 15 mins in any working condition. Dell made me a certified tech so I could order parts without the 'service call'. If it's worth fixing, you can do it with the parts, a tiny screwdriver, and some patience, logic, and organization. Just keep track of how it comes apart and what screws go where in what order. The interweb is the obvious parts source. On the other hand, just picked up a Toshiba Satellite laptop described above and we are very happy with it so far. It's an off-line laptop for my wife to write her book on. And it was about $340 at Best Buy. Although Windows 7 is driving me nuts. Anything after XP is too 'user friendly' for me. |
