Bought a 1520 on ebay with a bad microphone, swapped it out and now it won't boot.
Like the title says, I got a 1520 on ebay for $80 with a bad microphone. Killer deal. Anyway it was working fine, so I unlocked it and upgraded it to Windows 10. When the new microphone came I opened it up and swapped it out. Now it won't power on at all. I think I killed the motherboard but I'm not sure how. The only thing I can think of is either ESD or I created a short when I first took the metal bracket off covering the connector.
I'm hoping that's not the case but I tried putting it on the charger but I can't even get the backlight to come on. I thought at first that I cracked the LCD so I hooked it up to the computer but it keeps making the USB connected/disconnected chime and device manager says the USB device has malfunctioned. So I guess it's dead. Anyone else have any other ideas or suggestions to try?
Thinking I'll have to spend another $80 or so and get one with a cracked screen and swap out the motherboard.
Like the title says, I got a 1520 on ebay for $80 with a bad microphone. Killer deal. Anyway it was working fine, so I unlocked it and upgraded it to Windows 10. When the new microphone came I opened it up and swapped it out. Now it won't power on at all. I think I killed the motherboard but I'm not sure how. The only thing I can think of is either ESD or I created a short when I first took the metal bracket off covering the connector.
I'm hoping that's not the case but I tried putting it on the charger but I can't even get the backlight to come on. I thought at first that I cracked the LCD so I hooked it up to the computer but it keeps making the USB connected/disconnected chime and device manager says the USB device has malfunctioned. So I guess it's dead. Anyone else have any other ideas or suggestions to try?
Thinking I'll have to spend another $80 or so and get one with a cracked screen and swap out the motherboard.