You can get it repaired, but its not cheap.I had the same problem with my laptop about 2 years ago.My little son knocked my laptop onto the floor and damaged the pin that the power cable attatches to.I took it to a local PC repair shop and was quoted �150 for repair because the whole Motherboard needed replacing.In the end I was lucky enough to get a brand new laptop under my houshold insurance, and I flogged my broken laptop on Ebay for spares and repairs for �150.So overall, I was much better off.