MY 7700 is DEAD

i was Very happy to get my alienware 7700 laptop
cause i belive i'm the first one here in EGYPT to get one
the problem is i got it from EBay
ok no big deal on that ( i thought so )

10 months later

it's summer time & it's really hot here & you all know what kind of heat 7700 make
so i moved the laptop into air conditioning

long story short

the air condition was ON
temp of room was 25C
& i started to smell something cooking

i swithced it off & checked it & there was nothing
i switch it on again & it didn't respond

i opened the case & find some burns on the motherboard

i tried to contact Alienware USA & they said that the warranty is non transferable. that mean only the person who bought has the right to ask for warranty

i tried to find a replacment motherboard but everywhere i looked it was out of stalk.

can anyone help me here !!
i need to get that motherboard ASAP
all my work is stuck on that laptop

the motherboard is
71-D90T0-D05

no
i didn't find it at all at EBay
i found it on some website but it said out of salk & it will cos al least $600 not including the shiping to egypt or taxes
i can pay that but the motherboard isn't THERE

thnx Hammerhead
but the board is still out of stok there too

& those people trying to SCAM me by email please stop it i'm not that stupid

i found a replacment motherboard at rjtech.com
it's a 71-D90T0-D06 ( updated version than my 71-D90T0-D05 )

i hope this work or i'l have no hope for this laptop & all my work on it

thnx again Hammerhead
& in case i did get the replament mother board can anyone help me installing it ? i'm good in hardware but never change a motherboard for laptop before most of my work is on PCs.

shiping it from egypt to rjtech.com & repairing then shipping back to me will cost almost as a new alienware 7700

anyway i'm very good in hardware but i never open & change 7700 before so i wanted some help about what should i do first
i dont want to fix something & break something else
thanks again for your help

today i was contacted by alienware UK
after they said the warranty is non-transferable in thier previous email
they said i can create an account with them & ship the laptop to them & they will repair it for me but with £600 or more cost.
that's like $1200


here is thier email
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We can arrange to have the syetm brought back for repair but first we need to create an account for you. Therefore can you provide for me the following;
- Address
- Phone Number
- Email

Regarding the quote for an out of warranty depot you will be looking at a cost of around £500 to £600 pounds (including tax and shipping). Here is the breakdown of the costs;

*Parts and Two-way shipping – These are charged at the VAT rate of the country that the system is being shipped to e.g. UK 17.5%, Germany 16.5% etc.
*Diagnostics Fee - €100 or £70 charged at 13.5% VAT
*Labour - €20 or £15 per hour charged at 13.5% VAT

The normal procedure is to charge the shipping and diagnostics fee before we bring the system back and the rest is calculated after the system is repaired.

Also, for future reference we do deliver systems to Egypt.

If you need any further assistance please let us know.

Regards,

John Henry
UK Technical Support
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i think i'll stick to the first plan & repair it myself

i got my FedEx Tracking today
hope the motherboard arrive ASAP
cost almost $600 for MOBO + shipping

i think i'll get my motherboard today or tomorrow
anyone know How to disassemble ( clevo D900T - alineare 7700 ) ?
or read a guide for that anywhere?

EGYPT -> Mansoura

actually from mansoura not cairo
& alienware doesn't have any guide for How to disassemble 7700
they want to keep in the secret hidden

i DID it
Changed the MOBO & my Alienware is Working

after i repair the windows (after changing the MOBO ) it can't see my 2 DVD drives. althow they are working normally ( i check under DOS & they read write normally )
i just don't want to go in reinstalling windows again
can anyone help me in that