Laptops mother board is dead. What are my options?(Acer Nitro 5 An515-55-75J1)

Leonidasknight

Hi, so I came home from work and wanted to get some work done( School assignments) on my laptop, half way through my session my laptop just turns off, like completely black, the key board lights are off no power light the screen is black, I thought that may be because the battery ran out so I plugged it in, nothing not even the charging light turned on, so I took it to my local computer shop after checking it they got back to me and told me the mother board is dead. I asked them what should i do now and they reccommended me to buy a new laptop cause this one seems to be a lost cause, they told me my data is still saved in there, but the mother board is dead and they cant find any parts and the one they found dont ship to Canada and that costed $1000ish (ARE YOU KIDING ME??!?!?). So now I am here is it true that now my laptop is just gone just like that? Out of know when the mother board dies?No power surge I wasnt even doing like heavy gaming just 4 chrome tabs with some research articles and google docs.

I got this laptop in July 2021 from best buy and upgraded a few things back in december 2022

• the ram was upgraded to 32 gb ddr4 from 16
• added another 2Tb ssd card in addititon to the 512gb which was already in there at the time of purchase.
• my screen broke a last month so i had to get that installed.(Don't pick up your laptop from the screen it goes all rainbow and then all you see is your dissapointed face XD)

P.S before taking it to the shop i tried some youtube tricks like holding the power button for 15ish seconds, ctrl+shift+b, etc but nothing like opening it up and having a look inside.

Any advice would be appreciated. Thank you

brummyfan2

Hi,

You could try reseating the keyboard cable as described in the link below, if the motherboard is dead, no point in replacing the motherboard unless you get another used MB in an auction site but that's also risky because the used MB may or may not work, so I would suggest you get a new laptop and sell the parts of this laptop on an auction site.

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/600457/acer-nitro-5-black-screen-not-turning-on-keyboard-not-working-i-may-have-found-the-solution

brummyfan2

Hi,

You could try reseating the keyboard cable as described in the link below, if the motherboard is dead, no point in replacing the motherboard unless you get another used MB in an auction site but that's also risky because the used MB may or may not work, so I would suggest you get a new laptop and sell the parts of this laptop on an auction site.

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/600457/acer-nitro-5-black-screen-not-turning-on-keyboard-not-working-i-may-have-found-the-solution

Leonidasknight

well that sucks what parts can i sell cause i intend to keep the ram and the 2 ssds.

brummyfan2

You can sell the laptop as faulty or dismantle and sell heatsink and fans, motherboard, upper cover assembly, screen, base cover etc, online.

Example:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/304885639946?hash=item46fc99ab0a:g:8BQAAOSwYdJkNJMR&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAAwN48zz7SaeuMO6UDnFvLKVUsgmB%2BrV%2FMON%2BQ%2F5xsZICSJg3NEnGDwQ5v2rx85CLHsqIMbyu0nmv8%2Be6vBFEBrBLEFpwAMxTfgl4tVmE8SLxHg0WbnY9zHNP65OFvVBOJKjxL8NYLjotMiMoG4%2FB1ptEqgH9FP%2BkKh1JG5dkjVaLQekAoBhY0DnhxRAennTBmY43AtXTKKX0cC%2FwQGQSEOlqvzZKVPZx7SMoZnE9ENWSZprTpEejsHyh7T8rG2Nhutg%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR5yMh_XxYQ

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p4432023.m570.l1313&_nkw=faulty+AN515-55&_sacat=0

Commodore_1995#

In what country do you live? Have you sent the laptop in so an electronics technician can look at the motherboard? Sometimes, the estimated repair cost can be interesting. Now, if the notebook were mine, I would try disconnecting and reconnecting the lithium battery:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyIwagLXZLA&pp=ygUUYW41MTUtNTUgZGlzYXNzZW1ibHk%3D