My laptop saga

So I have this Dell XPS 15z laptop. It was not cheap to buy and was supposed to look like a Mac. Solid state hard drive, Intel Core i7processor, 8G RAM, yadda yadda. It is about 2 years old.

 

Ok.

 

so it starts acting weird and I get a bad battery signal. So I shut it down and take it apart.

When I put it back together it doesn't work.

So I buy a new battery for $135 fucking dollars, and reinstall.

 

And it still doesn't work. A little online research and it's probably the motherboard. Or possibly the jack that the AC adapter plugs into.

So I call Dell.

 

I ask how much for the motherboard.

 

The dothead replies, $935.

 

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you gotta be kidding me

 

so I say "have a nice day" and look online and I find one for about $300

 

and I buy the AC adapter plug for $18 because it is known to malfunction

 

so I have already taken the laptop apart...the battery and CD ROM have been removed.

I get the new parts and begin the repair...

 

I can fix that

 

so I remove the CD ROM and the HD to get to the motherboard

 

$930 labor

 

there's about 10 different little things that plug into it, so I begin to disconnect

 

at first I don't realize that the little connectors are just a flip up thingy so I bust one of em

 

Now I'm pissed because I just dropped almost $400 on a bunch of junk that I broke

 

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