christina_snape
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Hi all,
I think my laptop has royally bit the dust, and I'm mostly looking for confirmation or alternative suggestions to what the problem might be.
Let me start by saying she's 7 years old, so long out of warranty. I've had to repair her a few times (dead hard drives removed x2, broken hinges...) in the last year or two. I knew she wouldn't last forever so I've been trying to save for the GT76 but I've only managed to scrape together about 8% of the total cost before catastrophe struck.
I was in the middle of playing a game, about to round a corner, when poof! All power was completely lost, she just shut off in the blink of an eye, while plugged in and battery connected, and hasn't been able to start up since. Completely dead. No lights, no attempting to start but failing, just dead dead dead.... I've tried some of the simpler tricks like unplugging everything, removing the battery, holding the power button for 30 seconds to a minute, trying to boot on only battery, or only ac power... Nothing has changed, so I have a sneaking suspicion it's the motherboard.
I'm semi-tech savvy, (fixed the hinges myself, was going to replace the keyboard myself, have upgraded RAM in a desktop, can follow troubleshooting guides, etc) but I'm not confident enough to open it up myself, so I have someone looking at it on Wednesday.
In the meantime, do any of you have any tips/tricks I might have missed? Am I right to presume it's the motherboard? If so, can I replace it, or given the whole laptops age, should I just opt for a new one? And if I get a new one, given the expense of a current GT76 ($5800 CAD) is there another that would be comparable you'd recommend instead? I've only ever looked at the GT line because that's what I have, so a GS feels like a "downgrade"... But in reality, almost any of them would be an upgrade over a 7 year old system.
Thanks for your time and input.
I think my laptop has royally bit the dust, and I'm mostly looking for confirmation or alternative suggestions to what the problem might be.
Let me start by saying she's 7 years old, so long out of warranty. I've had to repair her a few times (dead hard drives removed x2, broken hinges...) in the last year or two. I knew she wouldn't last forever so I've been trying to save for the GT76 but I've only managed to scrape together about 8% of the total cost before catastrophe struck.
I was in the middle of playing a game, about to round a corner, when poof! All power was completely lost, she just shut off in the blink of an eye, while plugged in and battery connected, and hasn't been able to start up since. Completely dead. No lights, no attempting to start but failing, just dead dead dead.... I've tried some of the simpler tricks like unplugging everything, removing the battery, holding the power button for 30 seconds to a minute, trying to boot on only battery, or only ac power... Nothing has changed, so I have a sneaking suspicion it's the motherboard.
I'm semi-tech savvy, (fixed the hinges myself, was going to replace the keyboard myself, have upgraded RAM in a desktop, can follow troubleshooting guides, etc) but I'm not confident enough to open it up myself, so I have someone looking at it on Wednesday.
In the meantime, do any of you have any tips/tricks I might have missed? Am I right to presume it's the motherboard? If so, can I replace it, or given the whole laptops age, should I just opt for a new one? And if I get a new one, given the expense of a current GT76 ($5800 CAD) is there another that would be comparable you'd recommend instead? I've only ever looked at the GT line because that's what I have, so a GS feels like a "downgrade"... But in reality, almost any of them would be an upgrade over a 7 year old system.
Thanks for your time and input.
,,,all cpu still need OVERvolt for stability ,.,.,,.only need better cooling/thermal-paste from factory 
