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My 3 year old son thought it would be fun to open my laptop (a Dell Inspiron 5570) and dance on the keyboard. He weighs like 38 pounds. After he did that, the laptop crashes any time too much pressure is applied on the keyboard area.. Basically video glitches will appear and it will freeze up. Any ideas what it could be? Maybe keyboard top cover warped and shorting it? Damage to motherboard? It doesn't crash if it isn't moved, but moving it I have to be very careful. It was a fairly cheap laptop I bought last year ($350 on sale, I put $150 in upgrades to it) so it's not a huge deal if it is FUBAR but I'd like to repair it if I can. Replacement motherboards cost as much as the system itself did.
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May 28, 2019 20:42
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Sounds like the weight cracked the mobo or broke some of the soldering, so when pressure is applied the damaged component/circuit becomes misaligned/shifted and looses connection. I’d say get another/different machine since swapping the mobo isn’t cost effective in this case.
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May 30, 2019 04:50
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