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emachines e520 - splilled on, MBoard replaced, no boot

post #1 of 7
12/17/10 at 11:46am
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i have an emachines e520 my grandson splilt pop on it and ruined the motherboard .replaced the mboard,machine powers up ,leds come on,fan working,wont go into bios and has a bluish screen,any help please
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post #2 of 7
12/17/10 at 12:31pm
1) is the replacement board new or in good working condition?

2) there are other possibilities that other parts (CPU, keyboard ... ) have been fried during the spill

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post #3 of 7
12/17/10 at 12:31pm
Moved to Gateway Section.

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post #4 of 7
12/17/10 at 1:17pm
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Originally Posted by qhn View Post
1) is the replacement board new or in good working condition?

2) there are other possibilities that other parts (CPU, keyboard ... ) have been fried during the spill

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i bought motherboard known as working off ebay.the spill was centred around the touchpad area.the spillmarks on the old mboard are by the two touchpad switches but has been replaced,i cant get into the bios.all other components are stainfree.
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post #5 of 7
12/17/10 at 1:36pm
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i bought motherboard known as working off ebay.the spill was centred around the touchpad area.the spillmarks on the old mboard are by the two touchpad switches but has been replaced,i cant get into the bios.all other components are stainfree.
CPU and/or bad ram modules can stop systems from getting into BIOS, if the motherboard is in working condition. A surge in the circuitry, regardless the cause, could have damaged these 2 components.

I am inclined towards a fired CPU myself in this case. Do you have a spare CPU to test this out?

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post #6 of 7
12/17/10 at 11:16pm
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thankyou very much for your time and answer.the laptop in question is my wifes and is disabled dont have a spare cpu to try.we have our ten year old grandson over every week.and he done but thank naughty deed by spilling his pop over it.i paid £25 for a new motherboard and still dont work.it looks ie her emachines e520 is dead.regards tony.cant afford anything else at the moment.thankyou for your time and help.my wife is visually impaired.
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post #7 of 7
12/18/10 at 7:01am
It is pretty cheap for a motherboard - 25 quids. Try contacting the seller and see if you can have an exchange.

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