The very fact that the Geeksquad would turn down an opportunity to make cash money should give you a clue of how difficult these little things are to work
Laptops are not nearly as easy to work on as desktops, and parts are largely unavailable or cost prohibitive.
My opinion is that it is not a total board failure, but more like a bios/CMOS foul up. Perhaps even the battery that holds the info has shorted or grown weak. The monitor saying no signal received simply means the laptop did not complete the boot up cycle. The fan running faster could be a sign that the CMOS is fouled up and it is now set at a performance level.
On the other hand, it could be a bad processor (where ya gonna get one?) or motherboard. My advice would be to try to get a utility program to get you booted and then assess damages. But honestly, I think you are dollars ahead to try and sell it on Ebay or something for parts.
If you are successful in disassembling it and do locate a bad part, such as a motherboard or power supply, odds are the replacement part would almost be cost prohibitive (these parts do not sit on shelves for retail for the most part).
On top of that, you need to be really good at soldering
My first shot would be to take the restore disks that you made when you purchased it and see if you can restore it from them. If not, use your laptop to find boot up/trouble shooting disks and copy them to boot to set up.
Then you can tell.
Good luck!
Sirwriter
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The computer with the problem isnt a laptop,but is a desk top model. Sorry for the confusion.
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