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JimG · 09-15-2002, 10:46 PM

Hey all,

Need some help regarding a Compaq Armada E500 laptop. My friend's laptop no longer boots, despite every attempt in the book and then some. She brought it to the Service Center here at school. They said the motherboard's fried, but because they saw this one chunck of plastic missing on the bottom of the laptop, they're saying she dropped it (not true). If they do fix it, they'll charge her $600 for the board. So since they won't fix it under warranty for this problem or any other (she's only had it 2 years, and the warranty is 3), I was thinking there's got to be a way to replace the board myself.
It's a Pentium 3, 600 MHz. I started looking around for the part, but the possibilities are pretty slim.
Ok, if you're still reading this post, here's the question:
Does anyone know a good laptop parts site that would have motherboards, and specifically ones for Compaq Armada E500s?? Also, I would prefer that the board NOT have a CPU, but beggers can't be choosers.

09-15-2002, 10:46 PM	#1 (permalink)
JimG Registered User Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Bridgewater, NJ Posts: 924	See today's most popular deals at » Compaq Laptop motherboard Hey all, Need some help regarding a Compaq Armada E500 laptop. My friend's laptop no longer boots, despite every attempt in the book and then some. She brought it to the Service Center here at school. They said the motherboard's fried, but because they saw this one chunck of plastic missing on the bottom of the laptop, they're saying she dropped it (not true). If they do fix it, they'll charge her $600 for the board. So since they won't fix it under warranty for this problem or any other (she's only had it 2 years, and the warranty is 3), I was thinking there's got to be a way to replace the board myself. It's a Pentium 3, 600 MHz. I started looking around for the part, but the possibilities are pretty slim. Ok, if you're still reading this post, here's the question: Does anyone know a good laptop parts site that would have motherboards, and specifically ones for Compaq Armada E500s?? Also, I would prefer that the board NOT have a CPU, but beggers can't be choosers.