Burned out laptop

[El Grif]

hi all

i recently got a hold of a dead laptop that died when it got wet. I reckon it just killed the motherboard judging by the watermark What i wonder is what is the chances the that the other components survived the ram chips look alright but what about the gfx card? Just trying to consider is it worth repairing.

thanks

 

[Indy500]

Just test the parts one by one in another machine.

 

[El Grif]

thats the problem its a dell inspiron 8600 i dont have anything compatable to test the gfx on. Are the odds good or bad on it working?

 

[Indy500]

The graphics chip is built into the motherboard AFAIK.

 

[El Grif]

built in you say? than whats the card with the fan that connects to the motherboard with monitor pins with NVIDA written on it
my first laptop ive torn apart so who knows

 

[Puddles]

no, dells with nvidia cards are plug in units

just for reference if you spill liquid through the keyboard, the first port of call is the graphics card, you usually get a short between the heatsink and the board below. The other parts are protected by a metal cover so the water tends to drip through the grapgics card first.

The last liquid spill I tore apart had usable cpu, hdd, memory optical drive and lcd.

I kept the hdd and the cpu and auctioned the rest

 

[split]

Dell Inspiron 8600 internals.

I'm guessing this is yours.