While gaming, my laptop shut down with no warning, and I noticed a burning smell coming from the fan area. It then no longer started, no lights or any sign of life from it.
I opened it up, cleaned out the fans, repasted it.
Other things I tried:
dsconnecting the fans from the mobo
disconnecting the battery.
held the power button down for 30 seconds to reset the battery (there is no pin reset on this model.
Nothing worked, and it still won't start. Is there anything else I can try or is it likely something on the motherboard is fried? I don't see anything obviously burnt on the mobo but I'm not sure what to look for, I attached some pictures of it opened up (before I finished cleaning it) The white goo above the cpu was melted thermal pad that I removed.
I opened it up, cleaned out the fans, repasted it.
Other things I tried:
dsconnecting the fans from the mobo
disconnecting the battery.
held the power button down for 30 seconds to reset the battery (there is no pin reset on this model.
Nothing worked, and it still won't start. Is there anything else I can try or is it likely something on the motherboard is fried? I don't see anything obviously burnt on the mobo but I'm not sure what to look for, I attached some pictures of it opened up (before I finished cleaning it) The white goo above the cpu was melted thermal pad that I removed.