My Laptop is BACK!
I came home Friday from work, my laptop wouldn't boot.
Well Jim and I looked at it. Turns out my model has a design flaw that causes these two plastic tabs to press on the motherboard.
So Jim took my laptop entirely apart today - it had to be the absolute hardest point to get to soldered for about a minute and then had to put the whole thing back together.
And it worked ! :) The offending plastic tabs have been removed to avoid a repeat problem.
I had called dell this morning to see if I could get them to fix it because it was a design flaw, those tabs shouldn't have been rubbing on the motherboard, and several ppl with the same problem where considering a class action lawsuit. Dell's answer was its out of warrenty its not our problem, you'll need to buy a new motherboard ($400).
I am so glad Jim was able to fix it. :)
*Bounce*
Well Jim and I looked at it. Turns out my model has a design flaw that causes these two plastic tabs to press on the motherboard.
So Jim took my laptop entirely apart today - it had to be the absolute hardest point to get to soldered for about a minute and then had to put the whole thing back together.
And it worked ! :) The offending plastic tabs have been removed to avoid a repeat problem.
I had called dell this morning to see if I could get them to fix it because it was a design flaw, those tabs shouldn't have been rubbing on the motherboard, and several ppl with the same problem where considering a class action lawsuit. Dell's answer was its out of warrenty its not our problem, you'll need to buy a new motherboard ($400).
I am so glad Jim was able to fix it. :)
*Bounce*