Acer Nitro V ANV15-51 completely dead - liquid damage claim by Acer
Hi All,
I bought the Acer Nitro V i9 (ANV15-51) for my son (15yrs) in December 2023. Within first month had driver issues (DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL). Got that fixed in store at Harvey Norman. 3 weeks later, he was exporting an edited video and it completely stopped working, no lights, wouldn't power up or charge. Took it into to HN and they managed to get it started, used the software he was using when it crashed and it seemed to work OK but wouldn't charge, had to use with cord in, they said likely the battery, needs to go to Acer.
10 days later Acer email and advise the issue is a liquid spill on device's Mainboard which is considered customer induced and not covered under warranty. We also bought the extended warranty (Customer Care) through HN - also not covered under that. Quoted $4500 by Acer to repair it. Device is currently on it's way back to us via post.
Below is the photo Acer sent of the liquid damage. My son is adamant he's never had any liquids any where near it, it was his pride & joy and was very protective of it. I've been reading of other cases where Acer claim the same issue of liquid damage by customer and also of some Acer's leaking some kind of oily fluid.
We are going to take it to someone for a second opinion but thought I'd ask advice of all the knowledgeable people on here also. Any suggestions on how we proceed with getting a more positive outcome rather than just flushing $2K down the loo :(
Thanks in advance!https://us.v-cdn.net/6029997/uploads/DAE1U842EQYE/resized-670551-1278905z-146570342429972.jpeg
[Edited the thread to add model name to the title]