DV6000t can't start up/charge. Ongoing troubleshooting!!

So, i've had this DV6000t (or dv6500) for quite some time. I believe i've had it since 2007, but really started using it a lot from 2009, running almost 24/7.

Here's the situation: I was playing a bit of Starcraft 2, and decided it would be fun to drop a dozen Terrain Ghost Nukes in an area. For those familiar with the game, you may notice a lot of lag when you do that. I didn't know it would lag like that until my computer abruptly shut off on me. Now nothing lights up except for the AC jack. I checked the vents, HDD, RAM, and other spots that may have heated up a lot, but nothing was really running hot. I'm familiar with how hot my laptop can be; the laptop was just 'warm' right after shutdown.


My guess is that I either:
-Overheated the laptop, which is what anyone would probably expect since HP Pavilions are well known for this, or...
-I may have had a power surge while I was playing.

So, I investigated my opening up my laptop to see if there were any physical damages.



It's hard to see with the blurry picture, but I actually think the chips didn't burn out. But i'm no expert with fried chips.


But anyway, I've tried swapping ram, drives, and batteries. Nothing seems to be working. I've tried 3 working batteries in my laptop, and they all don't charge (the charging LED doesn't light up).



What do you guys think I should do now? i still want to salvage this laptop to the best of my ability. I just want to find out the true cause of the problem. In the meantime, i'm going to back up my hdd.

 

Next time you open the laptop, remove that silver plate on your heatsink/fan assembly and take out all the dust gathered inside.

Also a good idea to replace thermal paste with new.

But those 2 things will not help you now. Is it possible to test with another power supply? Possibly just the power board is broken, worst case scenario is the motherboard. Not hard to replace, since you already have the laptop open

 

actually, i do have one thing to point out:

i've been hearing very quiet ticks when i plug in the power cord. The ticks are coming from the center of the computer. i can't pinpoint where it is, but it's definitely not around the power board (i'm assuming that's the small board that holds the AC jack and a USB jack).

 

I think your gpu fried. Though you can't see it outside, maybe the BGA (ball grid array) inside your gpu already failed. And as we all know, g86 chips of nvidia are defective.

 

You guys think there's any possible way to use this processor on a desktop board? I'm trying to research a bit on these mobile sockets, but i doubt this idea would work. Just wondering though

edit: it appears that it is a LGA 775 (socket T). hm......

edit 2: maybe it's a socket M. darn. if that's the case, i would probably need this: http://www.anandtech.com/show/1650/2. But even then, i don't know how to test if the processor is still working.