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Robaggio · 09-19-2005, 10:55 PM

I call shenanegans.

It is either extremely easy or extremely hard to discern whether or not a motherboard is fried. In the former result, there would probably be a horribly obvious scorch mark on the board itself- so obvious that the techie at BestBuy should be inclined to point it out to you. For him to know "immediately" that the motherboard is fried is extremely fishy. If he can't point out a point where the motherboard fried out, then there is no way for him to know without testing.

In my experience, the motherboard is one of the last things to have its problems discovered. Particularly because of the difficulty (impossibility) in diagnosing them. I'd spend hours on a system before finally going, "Well, I guess the motherboard's fried. I've tried everything else. Damn."

I don't know much about e-machines. But $300-400 seems very steep. I spent $300 on a *new* motherboard and processor. This doesn't include labor though. Perhaps if you were to get a price quote to breakdown the individual costs?

09-19-2005, 10:55 PM	#5 (permalink)
Robaggio Crazy	I call shenanegans. It is either extremely easy or extremely hard to discern whether or not a motherboard is fried. In the former result, there would probably be a horribly obvious scorch mark on the board itself- so obvious that the techie at BestBuy should be inclined to point it out to you. For him to know "immediately" that the motherboard is fried is extremely fishy. If he can't point out a point where the motherboard fried out, then there is no way for him to know without testing. In my experience, the motherboard is one of the last things to have its problems discovered. Particularly because of the difficulty (impossibility) in diagnosing them. I'd spend hours on a system before finally going, "Well, I guess the motherboard's fried. I've tried everything else. Damn." I don't know much about e-machines. But $300-400 seems very steep. I spent $300 on a new motherboard and processor. This doesn't include labor though. Perhaps if you were to get a price quote to breakdown the individual costs? Last edited by Robaggio; 09-19-2005 at 10:58 PM..