Death of a motherboard

I killed it. Or rather, I plugged it in the wall and a surge of developing-world irregular electricity destroyed it. We've been e-mailing Dell in 3 different countries and it looks as though we will be covered under the warantee. I think we are getting the new motherboard from the U.S. and a technician will be sent (?) to come help us since we are in a remote area. We are still trying to figure out what the 3 people in Bangkok, Malasia, & the U.S. have decided on doing with us. We are impressed they are willing to help us like this, though. This laptop was the gracious gift of the Mission Board of Shadow Mountain Community Church. So for now we'll use this desktop, no problem.