well ive approached the university to help fix my laptop, they have referred me to a third party contractor who will contact me on monday.

worst case scenario, how much would a new motherboard for an advent 7016 laptop.

thanks guys. found a motherboard on ebay but im not sure.

thoughts?

Add a tiny bit more from your student loan and get yourself a new lappy from dell; try for a 2/3 years onsite support

If it is really just the power connector, then anyone who tries to sell you a new motherboard is taking the piss.  A new connector and 10 mins soldering max.

Before jumping down the new motherboard route, you should ask around for anyone who can solder to give it a go putting a new connector.. if they f**k it up, theyve f**ked it. You was gonna buy a new board anyway.

it isnt the connector, it charged teh battery to 80% and then decided not to boot, hence motherboard.

cheers for the advice anyway, im looking at worst case scenario.

would be cheaper to buy a new laptop than pay for repairs that involve replacing a motherboard.

trying to get hold of a laptop motherboard to replace one that is bust wouldnt be easy i imagine, would be from vendor and connecting it all up etc wouldnt be good

Ask them how much they want for the repairs first, if its expensive get a second hand one. Reuse the hard disk in an external case and offer the rest on fleabay as is. If you are lucky it might get you a few quid back and make it worthwhile.

crack it open, pull the BIOS Battery out, leave it for an hour, then come back, drop a Bettery back in and try and boot it up.  

If your going with seriouss suggestion, Id also take the processor out If its like my athlon one, it can be used in a desktop pc too

insurance job it fella.

heh i did the bios battery trick, but it wont boot now.
 

cheers for the advice guys. i dont know what to do now.

GAH someone delete this please!

Quote from: Eggtasticoinsurance job it fella.

You called it!

i should get some then...

*edit*

took it to teh university hardware guys, they looked at it for 5 mins, the guy pressed the on button while holding the power connector in funny.

he says something is just shorting in the connector and pick it up tomorrow.
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