I had an Asus laptop purchased in 2009, sold it to a friend in 2010 and it is still working even until today, and no warranty / repairs had to be done whatsoever. Haven't had any recent experience with Asus products as this thread alone makes me TRIPLE-think every time I'm just beginning to consider an Asus product.

This post has been edited by shockk: Jul 9 2014, 11:29 PM

Your cousin's laptop was over warranty period already, right? If yes, then most likely the charges will be high since motherboard replacement is not cheap. And also, Asus seems to make everything seem very integrated, and you can't just change individual minor parts, but whole major parts.