I need a new motherboard

[RaynaL10]

Model: 14m-ba114dx 

product ID: 1KT49UA#ABA

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The charging port on my laptop fell out and I was told I need to replace the whole motherboard. How much does one costs? Is it worth it to spend the money on it or get a new computer? I don’t want to loose my pictures is why I would rather spend the money. Geek Squad can fix it but is there anywhere else I should call to get a quote? 
 

thanks

[WAWood]

@RaynaL10 

If this were mine, and I had no backups of important files I could not afford to lose -- I would focus on data recovery NOW and worry about fixing the laptop later.

Your best bet for recovering data now is to do the following:
1) Remove the hard drive from the old PC
2) If you have a desktop PC with a spare hard drive connector, then connect the old drive to that -- both the power cable and the data cable. If you only have a notebook PC, then you will need to purchase a USB-to-Hard Driver adapter kit (like the one illustrated below)

3) Connect the old drive to a working PC,using that adapter if it is a laptop
4) Try to retrieve the files and folders you want to save from the old drive and copy them to the new PC.

If this does not work, then you need to do the following:
1) Download and install this utility on a working PC http://www.majorgeeks.com/news/story/recover_data_in_3_steps_with_minitool_power_data_recovery_free_...
2) Run the data recovery utility to see what can be retrieved from the old drive.

If that tool does not find what you need, an alternative is Recuva http://www.piriform.com/recuva

And, if that does not work well, the best tool out there is this one, but only the trial version is free http://www.file-recovery.com/