Help wiith damaged laptop

[Belegost]

For some reason my aunt's b/f decided her work laptop was good for throwing, and she's begged me to salvage what I can from it. It was a Dell Latitude... I can tell the LCD is a complete loss, and the majoriy of the damage to the base seems to be on the left side where the power connector, and the PC Card slot are. So far I can get it to light up and sort of beep, but it powers down just as fast. I have it hooked to an external monitor, which starts to get a signal, but loses it before anything shows up. If anyone has an idea on where to find info on this I would be extremely grateful.

 

[zephyrprime]

You're aunt's notebook is screwed. It sounds like the motherbaord must have been cracked or something. Replacement LCD's are a fortune and motherboards are impossible to find. Having it repaired would cost more than a new notebook. The only thing I can think of is ebay. I took a look over there and I saw that there are some latitude motherboards up for sale. I also have a 14" lcd I could sell you but it's probably the wrong model for the notebook in question.

 

[Workin']

Your aunt's b/f ought to get some anger management counseling or grow up, since his inability to control himself just cost her a laptop. All the king's horses and all the king's men ain't gonna put that Dell back together again. It's a total loss.

 

[db]

Your Aunt's first order of business should be getting rid of the b/f.

 

[CrackRabbit]

if your lucky you might be able to salvage the hdd, and the ram, the cd drive (if its modular) adn the battery
the hdd would be useable with a converter, Check that well known auction site (you know the one) for them. The memory,cd, and battery could probably be sold at the same place... but thats about it...


CrackRabbit

 

[Belegost]

Well thanks for the cheery help After some work I got it to boot once, but nothing beyond that. The CPU and RAM seem to be in good working order, but I think the shock killed the HD, and shorted something on the mobo. Oh well.

db: That's the conversation that got the laptop killed.