how do you know if it needs a motherboard? are you sure thats all that is bad? processors also like to die depending on what happened to the motherboard
Oh and the way I’m diagnosing it is the fact that it doesn’t turn on lol I took it to a repair shop and they told me it overheated and needed a motherboard. So you can fix this bad boy for like 50 bucks.
Search 443774-001 and below are 2 of many cheap mainboards for it.
Here’s the issue I have with buying this myself. HP’s are well known for overheating. What caused this overheating issue? Repairing the damages isn’t accounting for the cause. It’s like your radiator dies and you run your engine till it blows. Then you replace the engine but not the cause of the issue (radiator). I used radiator as an example because HP are notorious for overheating and generally due to the fluid in their heatsink/heatpipes losing conductivity. That’s my hunch as to why this fried in the first place. That’s not an expensive part but something to consider replacing while you have this opened up and gutted.
I would get this fixed under warranty personally, there may even be a recall. HP has a great customer care department when it comes to warranty work. I know first hand as I’ve had several HP laptops overheat over the years. Despite their common issues their service quality is why I continue to buy HP. Well that and cause I can’t afford a Macbook Pro.
If you have a receipt proving it’s under warranty I’ll gladly buy it for $150 and deal with HP. Last time I talked my way up to getting a box overnighted to me and then overnighted back to them for repair. I had about a 1 week turnaround and didn’t pay a cent. I shouldn’t tell yall this but my unit was over 6 months out of warranty at that time and they knew this of course. I’m a persuasive SOB when I need to be I guess…what can I say. LMAO! Moral of my story…HP support is top notch in my experience. I talked to an American and got my issue resolved rapidly with minimal persuasion.
The warranty expired in February of 09 unfortunately and there is no recall on this laptop. My little brother left the laptop on overniGht on his bed and the covers and sheets clogged up the air flow and over heated. Prior to that there was no issue with it running hot at all. I spoke to HP and they said since there’s no recall they can’t fix it for free. You can look up the serial numbers and it will give you all the warranty status and when it expired.
I’m confused. If you bought it 8 months ago that would leave 4 months of warranty. I’m not busting your balls and I’m all for leaving some margin for error…but this seems way off.
Feb. 2009 would mean it’s warranty began Feb 2008 as HP gives 1 year warranties. We’re now 7 months past Feb 2009. That would mean the laptop has been in use for approx. 19 months, no?
Ya sorry that was just an estimate lol of the date of purchase. And 80 bucks is resonable I can do that… I’m leaving for army bct in 2 weeks so the sooner its gone the better.
LOL. Insert foot in mouth on my part. I didn’t check HP’s part surfer to verify the exact MB that was needed. 449903-001 is the needed mobo according to part surfer. $100 is the cheapest I can find for now. Still not bad assuming that’s all I end up finding wrong with it.
