Toshiba Satellite A215 - dead

Hello

I have a Toshiba Satellite A215, been using it for 1 year and a half. One day, out of a sudden, it just made a short "pop" sound and crashed. Can't turn it on ever since. More than this, the small lights showing me the AC connection, HDD usage, battery status etc. are also dead. Normally, the battery one was all the time on, even if the laptop was off-line. Plus I've noticed that when I plug the charger, it starts beeping. The charger is fine, it was tested on other laptops and I also tried using another charger for my laptop, without any result.
My warranty is gone, so I can't rely on this. I brought the laptop to the official Toshiba service, they told me they have to replace the mother board (this would cost me more than a new laptop). They do not work with motherboards, they just replace them. My question would be if there is any chance to repair the motherboard (assuming that the power circuit chip is gone, or something like that). Does anybody know something about this?

Thank you for your time

 

I had the same problem. I just turned it over and took out the hard drive and put it in a hard drive adapter and plugged that into another computer. Problem solved. I will just use the old one as a paper weight. It is not worth trying to save it. I went down that route replacing parts and it cost almost as much as a new one. Once you get the hard drive, take a good stiff drink of vodka and wack it with a sledge hammer then take it to the recycle center. It is dead. Just like an old girl friend.