originally posted in:TFS The Floods Sanctuary
Alright, so I bought back in Feburary an HP Pavilion G6 2292sa laptop. It around July it had a problem where the screen wouldn´t turn on, but the laptop was fine and worked fine if I connected it to another monitor/tv through HDMI. I called HP and they picked it up as it was in guarantee. Anyways, they didn´t fix it because apparently it had liquid contamination and that voided the warranty. I´ve already taken it to two different people and said that there is no liquid contamination in the laptop and that HP had not even opened the laptop as the protective seals were all in place.
Anyways, after getting my laptop back from a store where a guy was looking at it, he determined, as the first one as well did, that it is a motherboard issue. The part where you connect the cable that goes from the monitor into the motherboard graphics chipset (or something like that) is damaged and doesn´t work properly. He said it was possible to fix it with a hair dryer but didn´t want to risk damaging anything else. So he told me the best option would be to replace the entire motherboard.
Thing is, I don´t know what motherboard exactly my laptop uses. Here are the specifications for it, as well as in the link.
[quote]Specifications
Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-3210M processor (2.5 GHz, 3.1 GHz with TurboBoost, 3 MB L3 cache)
Operating System: Windows 8
RAM: 6 GB, Upgradeable to 8
Graphics card - Intel HD Graphics 4000 - Up to 1.65 GB of dedicated RAM
Screen type: HD BrightView LED-backlit
Screen resolution: 1366 x 768
Screen size: 15.6"
Screen features: LED backlit
Hard drive: 1 TB (SATA, 5400 rpm)
Optical disk drive: SuperMulti DVD±R/RW with double layer support
Memory card reader: Digital media card reader
USB - USB 2.0 x 2- USB 3.0 x 1
FireWire: No
Modem/Ethernet: Integrated 10/100 BASE-T Ethernet LAN
WiFi: 802.11b/g/n
Bluetooth: No
TV output: VGA, HDMI
Expansion card slot: No
Sound - Altec Lansing speakers with Dolby Advanced Audio- Dolby Advanced Audio
Webcam: HP TrueVision HD Webcam with integrated digital microphone
Keyboard & Mouse - Full size textured island-style with numeric keypad- TouchPad supporting multitouch gestures and on/off button
Battery - 6-cell- Up to 7 hours[/quote]
Can anybody help me out here and tell me which the motherboard model I´d need to replace, or at least even the chipset so I can have an idea? Thanks a lot.
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Motherboard issues in a laptop? You're probably boned.
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Lol HP
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the MB an Intel HM76 Express Chipset? [url=http://ca.mouser.com/new/Intel/intel-HM76-express-chipset/]I'm not entirely sure where to obtain one though.[/url] [url=http://www.aliexpress.com/wholesale/wholesale-intel-hm76-chipset.html]Both sites look weird.[/url]
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Have you tried washing it?
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No idea man, taking it into an actual computer store again and telling them to match it up and deal with it would be a better idea.
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>laptop well there's your problem!
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Lactate maple syrup till the floppy disk de-flops.
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It took me 300 some bucks to replace the mobo in my MSI laptop when the DC jack lost it's ground connection and then decided to arc everything, so... uh... yeah. Unless you've also got a rather expensive laptop than it's really not worth it.
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"Replace laptop motherboard" I think he should have said: "Replace the laptop".
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Suck a dick then repoot
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tie your penis to an elephant stuck to a ceiling fan
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Try xbox.com for useful tips & tricks!
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You're probably not going to find a new motherboard for your laptop. Laptop mobos are pretty much sourced directly from the OEM, and I've never heard of them being sold commercially. And there's no cable between the motherboard and the graphics chipset. You're running an i5 with integrated graphics. The CPU has a GPU built into it. If the GPU didn't work, neither would your CPU, and your laptop wouldn't even boot. What is most likely damaged is the output cable from the motherboard to the LCD display. That's all that probably needs to be replaced. I don't understand why he want you to replace the entire motherboard, aside from giving you a bigger bill.
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More than likely you aren't going to find a new one for your laptop, even if you did, I have a feeling the repair cost would be insane Replacing the motherboard would also basically mean replacing everything else kind of
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[quote]Anyways, they didn´t fix it because apparently it had liquid contamination and that voided the warranty. I´ve already taken it to two different people and said that there is no liquid contamination in the laptop and that HP had not even opened the laptop as the protective seals were all in place.[/quote] What? really?