Alright, so I have a G50V a friend gave me because it 'died.' This thing has been through some...interesting work from what I can tell. Here's the story as I understand it:
I removed the motherboard, and found: http://imgur.com/xwciD.jpg
I cannot even hope to figure out what was printed on it.
Then on the GPU board, I found burn marks...and what appeared to be a solder ball coming out of one of the components: http://imgur.com/XFdRr.jpg
Printed on top is:
4392
(unknown)DC(triangle)
W83A
Those are the only two things I could verify visually. I apologize for the quality of those photos. I'll try to get better ones tomorrow when I have more time for the sun. =/
Does anyone have any idea as to what could have happened? Do you think identifying and replacing these items would fix the issue or at least aid in figuring out what it could be?
I dare not plug this back in.
http://imgur.com/RGaP1.jpg
http://imgur.com/XFdRr.jpg
http://imgur.com/fAnZm.jpg
http://imgur.com/xwciD.jpg
- Friend bought laptop.
- After a few months, laptop started to heat up and slow down during gaming (frequent issue)
- Friend brought unit to 'buddy who fixes computers'.
- 'Friend' removes thermal spacers from GPU RAM, applies generic ceramic paste (EVERYWHERE...)
- Unit overheats even more, so 'Friend' bends heatsink with pliars. Gives unit back to my friend.
- My friend uses unit for a few weeks, then bzzt, during some web browsing, unit powers down. Will not power on.
- Friend notices that green light on power adapter goes off when plugging it into unit.
- Friend buys aftermarket power adapter, plugs in.
- Adapter stays on, but upon hitting the power button...it smells of burning in the house.
- I now have this unit, with the aftermarket and original power adapter.
I removed the motherboard, and found: http://imgur.com/xwciD.jpg
I cannot even hope to figure out what was printed on it.
Then on the GPU board, I found burn marks...and what appeared to be a solder ball coming out of one of the components: http://imgur.com/XFdRr.jpg
Printed on top is:
4392
(unknown)DC(triangle)
W83A
Those are the only two things I could verify visually. I apologize for the quality of those photos. I'll try to get better ones tomorrow when I have more time for the sun. =/
Does anyone have any idea as to what could have happened? Do you think identifying and replacing these items would fix the issue or at least aid in figuring out what it could be?
I dare not plug this back in.
http://imgur.com/RGaP1.jpg
http://imgur.com/XFdRr.jpg
http://imgur.com/fAnZm.jpg
http://imgur.com/xwciD.jpg
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