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Motherboard soused
I spilled a glass of wine all over my Dell Studio laptop. I scrambled to wipe up the wine and saw there was still a message on the screen but could not exit because there was no mouse. When I tried to shut down there was no response so I pulled the power plug and removed the battery. I used a hair dreyer to try to dry any moisture and opened the bottom and saw no signs of moisture. I left the computer over night and tried to boot the next morning but no response. The computer was lifeless.
I called Dell and the technician said the mother board needed to be replaced. Will this be the solution?
ejn63
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Posted March 4th, 2010 18:00
It could be, but it may not be the end of it - if the CPU, memory, drives, keyboard, etc. were damaged you could be in for repairs that cost more than the notebook did initially.
If the system was less than $1,000 new it may be wiser to replace it rather than have it repaired - the replacement of a mainboard alone will run you half that.