[Hidden-tech] Motherboard Short-Out Question (Possible entertainment value)

[Bram Moreinis]

Let's say (hypothetically) that someone (not me of course), while 
replacing the badly-cracked touchscreen of an originally $600 ASUS Q502L 
portable with a $175 screen from eBay:

 1. Did not remove the battery first (6 screws and various connectors
    joined the battery to the motherboard), and;
 2. Allowed a dangling data cable to accidentally touch a lead on the
    motherboard,
 3. Causing a spark and some carbon, with the result that:
 4. The motherboard no longer sends a signal to a touchscreen
    (replacement or original cracked one). However,
 5. The machine works fine otherwise - one can connect the HDMI port to
    an external monitor.

  Let's say further (again, hypothetically) that:

 1. The machine was purchased a year ago from BestBuy or someplace by
    one's girlfriend;
 2. The replacement touchscreen was just bought on eBay by one's
    girlfriend on one's own advice;
 3. A refurbished ASUS Q502L can be had for $345 on eBay, and one could
    swap hard drives and save parts;
 4. The girlfriend does not like the ASUS Q502L because it is too damn
    large to carry around easily.

Imaginative Possibilities:

1) A magical elf can repair the circuitry on the motherboard for less 
than the $345 replacement;

2) The touchscreen seller will pay $175+shipping for a returned screen 
plus machine, as long as the screen works.

3) Someone else on this list is doing the portable-as-desktop thing and 
this ASUS is such an improvement over what they're using that they'd 
make a $200 offer for the machine and the screen.

4) My imagination is as limited as someone's hypothetical PC repair skills.

Thoughts?

-Bram
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