[ale] OT: Laptop repair

[Asher Vilensky]

Hi folks,

I plugged some speakers into the audio-out jack of a Gateway laptop (two
partitions: Vista, Linux Mint) while Vista was booted.  It made a desperate
HMMM and now there's no audio AT ALL - not from the jack, not from the
speakers (I verified that with either/both OS's booted).  I wonder if I
burned the sound card. My questions are:

1.  Is there suck facility/utility as safety fuses on a laptop?  Something
like those in a car or a house or electronic devices?  Something I can
easily (and cheaply) replace?  If so, where is it?

If "NO" to the above:
2.  Anybody here can/want to take a look at it?
3.  How much am I expected to pay for repair?  Does it even worth it?

Thanks,

-- Asher
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