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query about motherboard

3 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/query-about-motherboard.150850/

rohitshubham
rohitshubham Original post #1
Jan 3, 2012 at 5:14 PM
hello
i have a gateway nv53 laptop.
now it doesn't boot ,when ever I press "on" button , the power light starts to glow and the light on the dvd drive blinks twice after which it nothing happens and the bios never show up.
i thought it was a memory issue, so i went to a local acer service center, where the guys informed me that the motherboard was dead and it will cost me around 15 thousands just to change into a new motherboard. i thought that something was fishy.
is the cost of new AMD m880 chipset around rupees 15 thousand?
please help me.
thetechfreak
Jan 3, 2012 at 6:06 PM
Support
Contact support directly. They seem to be lying.
mithun_mrg
Jan 3, 2012 at 6:09 PM
I think the dealers quote 10K+ on laptop motherboards i also got a similar quote in ASSAM for an HP laptop its not worth replacing the MB of the laptops
I would advise u to get it checked by a few more reputed service centers u can also try ebay for the MB