Ressurecting a dead laptop - Dell XPS m1730

There was a dell xps m1730 sitting besides me. Nobody had ever said something about it. I decided to open the lid and check it. Everything ran smooth, i started reformatting, installed drivers and just after driver installating, bang! No video.... I didn`t know that it was a common m1730 problem up to the point i googled around a bit and found so many problems regarding GPU, even a video about reconstructing it on youtube. I examined the laptop closely, unscrew everything and took it apart. All i was able to notice was that the fans weren`t spinning...

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