Alan,
What brand is the laptop? I have had success in the past fixing both
Toshiba and Compaq laptops when the problem is on the bottom surface of the
board. What happens is the laptop will charge/run for a bit off wall power then
the battery dies. This is caused by the overheating of the
I have a friend with a loose power connector on his laptop. I probably
just needs to be opened up and soldered back in place. The places he
has contacted about doing this simply offer to replace the motherboard
without even looking if that is needed.
Does anyone know of a computer service or
Alan,
I have seen work being done on laptops at Digital Bridge on 48th Street
south of Broadway in Phoenix.
Proprietor is Michael Hicks [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone 602.604.5000
Worth a try..
Chuck
On Jan 19, 2008 12:34 PM, Alan Dayley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have a friend with a loose
On Sat, 2008-01-19 at 12:34 -0700, Alan Dayley wrote:
I have a friend with a loose power connector on his laptop. I probably
just needs to be opened up and soldered back in place. The places he
has contacted about doing this simply offer to replace the motherboard
without even looking if
Craig,
It depends on what is broken or loose. For instance, a crack in the circuit
print is easily fixed if it occurs on a surface plane and not in a
multilayer portion.
Once accessible, it should be straight forward. Of course, 23 years as a
bench tech have probably colored my vision.
On
Having repaired a few laptops myself, let me add a few points.
The most difficult things about repairing laptops are:
1. Figuring out how they come apart, and
2. Remembering how they go back together. The rest is pretty simple.
This type of repair isn't all that uncommon or
