NP8660 fried? next to fan

Hey everyone,

i am not familiar with the hardware side of the laptop, but just yesterday my laptop wouldn't turn on. The light would come on but then i don't hear the laptop running. And the screen stays black, no beep no nothing. like a silent laptop. i tried pressing F2 to go to the other screen but it wouldn't work. It also smells like burnt plastic from the bottom of it.

So today i went to get screwdrivers to open it up, and i found out the part next to the fan has burnt mark. So i was wondering which part that might be?( maybe the mother board) here are some picture attached.







i called xoticpc but they told me to contact sager. so i will do so on monday, but in the mean time i wanan ask you guys for opinion. This laptop is about one year old. my warranty JUST PASsed in December...sucks!

Should i take out the fan for further investigation?

YES i know my fan is dirty, i just bought the duster thing was gonna clean it!

decided to take out fan anyway and here it is



Thanks for helping!

 

I'm afraid you need to buy a new motherboard........
And also check if your CPU is still alive....

 

Thanks for responding!

How do i check if my CPU still alive??

 

With another laptop/motherboard.

 

That's a pretty impressive burn, anyone know how that could happen?

 

i wish i would know so i wont make the same mistake next time.

but sometimes i cant do much.

motherboard costs from 500-1000?

might just get a new laptop with the i5's

 

Motherboard + labor is $480, if you send it in to Sager.

You've never smelled or seen smoke? That wouldn't go unnoticed while it was burning that badly.

 

i was actually at school when it happened. i was charging my laptop when it was turned off at that moment everything was turned off. iono what triggered it.

when i got home i just smell some plastic smell but i wasn't sure whats it from then found out my laptop wouldn't turn on. then found the burn mark lol


i will call them monday to see how much. Thanks for ur reply!


BTW: anyone know what might be the reason that cause this? i am clueless... i dont want it to happen again

 

probably a fried voltage regulator if it happened while charging.

 

Man so it's just bad luck?

Doesn't seem like I could of avoided it. Other than keeping my CPU clean

 

Probably not much you could do about it period. Most Sager resellers offer 3 years labor covered so you'd have to pay for parts, so might save you a few bucks.

 

It could be your power adapter that did that... or the power at your school.

What are you going to do with the parts may I ask?

 

The machine being off when it happened it a pretty bad sign. You're looking at motherboard replacement, at least. Just that and a new PSU is pushing $600+.

Depending on the extent of damage, it may be more cost effect to sell your parts, then put that money towards the base P151HM.

 

Although I was able to somehow get an entire m860tu for about 400$.

You just never know what could turn up. Personally I would keep the case.
There was someone here who actually upgraded to the quad core motherboard, from a fully working normal one.
mattmcss was the one who sold it them, i think.

Also there is moerbe who did a bad BIOS flash...

If no one else does, I will by both of your broken motherboards, and solder your bios chip onto moerbes board

 

Hahah sager told me Motherboard is 400 and 80 for labor then shipping. So I think ~500 will do. I might just repair it and at the same time grab a new laptop.

If I decided to sell it I'll let you guys know haha. But I'm get a new laptop in the mean time, and repair it in the future.

 

I wouldn't even consider spending $500 on an M860TU, unless you really just can't scrape together $1200 for a brand new, faster machine.

Time to treat it like Old Yeller.

 

hi guys,

I hope you can help me out a bit.
so, it cost $480 to have the motherboard replaced. but is there any possibility to just buy the motherboard(and do the replacing myself)? how much would that cost me?

thanks for your help.

 

$400 for the mobo...

 

and is there any chance I can get one cheaper in europe?
i was thinking about the resellers like Eurocom/Schenker(mySN) and others - do they sell motherboards?
what would a motherboard-repair cost?

 

I can get for you a new motherboard from Clevo Co. in Taiwan directly, it will cost you much less than form Sager. PM me with your location so i can give you a price estimation.