Bad Motherboard?

Question by slv02: Bad Motherboard?
We recently had a problem with a Compaq notebook not powering up. We bought from Best Buy and purchased the extended warranty, which was expiring in 2 months. so we took it to Geek Squad. They sent it in, replaced the hard drive and returned it. ONE DAY after the warranty expired the computer wouldn’t power up. I had a tech from my work IT dept look at it and the hard drive was labeled “repaired”. I took back to Best Buy and they were adamant that they only use the highest quality brand new parts. Upon my request they removed the hard drive and it took a manager to admit that it was “repaired”. After a few days of the manager making phone calls it was determined that they would replace the hard drive free of charge. I received a message yesterday from Best Buy that the hard drive was replaced but the motherboard is bad and will cost $ 640 (cash) to replace.
My question – can a hard drive replacement mask a bad motherboard? Does anyone have any suggestions? HELP Please!
So, do I have a leg to stand on with Best Buy? Can I insist that they should have known when it was still under warranty that it was going to go bad?

Best answer:

Answer by Gaar
I would suggest getting in a computer technician or help assistant to have a look at your PC.

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