repair

I'm working on piecing back together this usb hub and rgb controller from an ibuy power pc i fixed for someone. Afraid I'm going to burn something out by hooking this up incorrectly. looking for some knowledge. Mobo is a asrock h310cm-ib - only has 1 usb 2.0. So I'd imagine this is why this...

Hello everyone, this is my first thread here. I was cleaning my pc, and the PCIe on my motherboard made the graphics card stuck. I tried really hard on making it let go of it using a small screw but I accidentally thrusted it to the motherboard. After several boot attempts, the computer would...

Hello! I got this motherboard on eBay as a repair project as I find it fun and challenging. I have no background on this motherboard, CPU pins are fine, but there was a little bit of damage to the socket plastic. The problem is that when I turn the motherboard on I get solid red light on DRAM...

Hi everyone! I've recently bought this office laptop Asus Vivobook 16 M1605YA-MB155WS. I am a bit disappointed with the display quality as it has lower color accuracy (45% NTSC); it's making me a bit nauseous looking at it for prolonged periods of time. I looked around for potential solutions...

Hello, I have the ASUS ROG Strix laptop, but the motherboard connector to the main monitor was fried(I was told service), and the main monitor was not displayed anymore, easy workaround: I used it with a second monitor.Worked perfectly until one day, I got fed up with the Gforce experience...

Just recently my PC started experiencing lags and stutters. I tried playing a game and started experiencing massive frame drops after an hour or so. The CPU and GPU temperatures look good so I'm just wondering what else could be causing it? MotherBoard: Asus TUF Gaming Z690-PLUS WIFI D4 CPU...

So I was using my pc and suddenly a balck screen came up. I was using VGA port on my motherboard. I taked a look and saw two of SMD capacitors behind the VGA port were busted. It has a DVI port too which is still working can I leave dose capacitors unrepaired and keep using DVI instead or even...

Hi everyone I recently brought this mb and its a lot worse then I though it would be,, the damage is around the middle standoff hole, I was wondering if I would be able to fix it without to much issue.. and if I could potentially damage any parts I put in it to test it (i.e cpu,ramm,gpu,psu)...

So as I was playing Xdefiant, of all things, and my pc just switches off unexpectedly and then fails to post, with it just idling as I try to switch it back on with nothing coming up on my monitor. I notice the lights and fans on all other components appear to function except from my GPU. I...

I have Helios 300 PH315-52 Recently i corrupted my bios. so today, i flashed new bios using ch341a programmer. but my graphics card is no longer working Need help fixing this i might have damaged the winbond chip containg the gpu data while trying to desolder it (thought that it was the bios chip)

This is what it looks like So like 3 months ago i enabled dsr from nvidia control panel to 1440p because of a video i watched and wanted to try it so i enabled it for like 20 minutes and suddenly i saw sparks coming from my computer and it stopped displaying. It turns out the HDMI port on both...

Hello I own an Acer Nitro 24-inch 1080p 165hz IPS monitor. Last month there was a power fluctuation, nothing instantaneous happened and the monitor worked as it should after the incident; but after 3 or 4 days the monitor wouldn't turn on at all, there was no display, the power button did...

Hi all ive been trying to repair a friends pc and have encountered some issues along the way the pc specs are as follow mobo: fujitsu d3061 cpu: i5-2500 ram: 16gb ddr3 At first it wouldn't even post CPU fan and PSU fan would spin and nothing else. I initially thought this was due to the psu...

MSI Raider GE66 12UHS The right screen hinge broke. How can I fix it? (It doesn't have to be pretty afterwards). See the image. In the middle, the top 3 screws are no longer attached. The bottom screw is. At the bottom, I've removed the screws and pushed the (now free) hinge downward)...

I recently started a small business in computer and electronic repair, but the computer I’m working on currently has stumped me, it was running perfectly fine until someone swapped the power supply in it, and then it suddenly started constantly boot looping, I replaced the power supply...

Hello I am looking for a replacement USB Mini-B cable assembly for the Corsair Vengeance K65. Sadly, 3/5 pins connecting the internal USB Mini-B female have snapped off. Photographs of the broken part can be found here...

Service center used the same psu cables for two different drives and fried a seagate 8tb hdd that is very important to me . This is the drive that is now fried: https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Barracuda-Internal-3-5-Inch-ST8000DM004/dp/B075WYBQXJ It is not letting me link pictures but the SATA...

Hello all, Laptop model: ASUS X320L Two days ago, I received a box from France. My step-dad gave me his old ASUS laptop. My mom told me he accidentally spilled espresso on it, and it no longer powered on. It was given to me to use as a donor or sell for parts, but I decided to have a go at...

So I just built my first ever PC with: MBD: MSI PRO B550M-VC WIFI AM4 GPU: RX 6600 CPU: Ryzen 5 2600 from my friend RAM: 32GB Ripjaws V Series The thing is when I finished building it, it would not POST and eventually found out that the CPU light was on and that the Ryzen 5 2600 is unsupported...

Hi all, i cannot complete windows updates and the error code i received (0x80070643) has led to my sytem not having the winre.wim file. I tried the CMD prompt of reagentc /enable but it says the windows re image was not found. I then have done bcdedit /enum all and at the windows boot loader...

Few hours ago, i found my two years old unused ssd and decided to use it for a faster system, i unplug my old hdd and plugs in my newly found ssd to the pm sata slot, with a bootable usb on the back of my pc and reinstalled windows in my ssd. after reinstalling, i then turn off the pc, and plugs...

Hi I am trying find the part number for lcd panel of a dell p1913s monitor.the dell website is no help and general Google searches provide little information. Kind regards

So I have had this pc for about 1 week now it worked fine up until tonight i went to turn it on it would boot then turn off 3 times then turn off booting a final time staying on but with no video. If any one can give any info to help it would be great. I have already checked all ports and cables...

Specs : Motherboard : Asus Ex A320M Gaming CPU : Ryzen 5 3500 PSU : Circle CG Raw Power 550W 80Plus White GPU : Nvidia GTX 1050 Ti RAM : Corsair Vengence 2*8GB There was a problem I was already encountering with the system. So here's a recap of previous events. My computer was off for a week...

I wanted to clean out my laptop and replace it's thermal solution for college since I've been using it for more over a year now without checking its insides. I opened it up and successfully dusted it out, but was not able to replace the thermal solution because of one screw. After this, I have...

I'm having the issue mention in this thread i created earlier https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/pc-wont-turn-on-after-a-lighting-strike-psu-able-to-jumpstart.3835290/ i try to remove the CMOS battery, since that the only thing i haven't try to unplug, after i plug it back in, my pc able...

Hello all, I'm new here, So today theres a loud thunder strike near my house, the power went down for like 2 sec following that, my pc able to funcion at that time properly, but my ethernet cable doesnt work, which is fine at that time cause i thought my router might be having some issues (the...

This is my first build. The story is. After done building I turned it on and when loading with the mobo's logo, it crashed, the power cuts off. Tried it again after making sure every pin is connected fully, it cuts off again. I did this many times after trying reseating GPU, CPU, RAM. Eventually...

I have a gaming PC I built myself that he had for 2.5 years. Recently I bought a new SSD, a Samsung 990 pro, I went to I stall it but didn’t have the right mounts so I put it back together and the PC worked fine. once I got the mounts I installed the SSD. Plugged everything in and now my PC...

Hello there, It's been now 1 day I am trying to revive my friend's computer since I wanted to change it's CPU: since the CPU switch, the system boots, but doesn't display anything on my screen (Whatever it is on the ingreated or discrete graphics card port!) and does nothing else like if I put...

Hi, I, a noob, am once again coming on here to get help from professionals😆. so to put things into perspective shortly, i have this old laptop, while using i ran into a keyboard issue (where some keys stopped working except they worked when i pressed Fn + That Key and then that also stopped...

Hi, I was working on reapplying the thermal paste onto my gigabyte gaming oc 3070 and noticed one of the capacitors fell off the board. Should i try and find a place to fix it or can i live without it?

PC was used like normal with no issues, left for food, and came back after about an hour to the PC off and not being able to turn it back on. Fans don't turn on or anything, however my keyboard lights up when I connect it to through one of the USB ports in the back of the PC. Also, when I...

Hello I'm trying to fix/ put togeather my computer but nothing appears on the monitor that I have hooked up when I power it on. I've tried resetting the bios and what i imagine to be the simple things, but i would really like to get it working. Ive got a MSI Z690 motherboard with updated bios...

Dell Alienware Aurora R7 i7-8700 2 x16gb 2666 ddr4 1tb M.2 SSD 1070 850w original psu Hey guys I was wondering if anyone could determine if my pc is saveable or not, or if there’s any ideas you guys have to try fix it. PC started randomly turning off a few days ago - sometimes under load...

Hi guys, i've had this small issue with my pc for quite sometime, it's nothing major so i havent really felt the need to deal with it, if even possible. But maybe you guys could have a clue whats going on with it. So it started like a year ago, when i havent had my computer on for awhile (like...

I spilt a bit of water on my keyboard a few months ago. It worked fine at the time, next day several keys were dead - F6, 6, Y, H and B - all in a line. I dried it out and months later there's no improvement. I didn't notice any damage at the time, but I thought I'd try swapping in some new...

Hello, recently my brother replaced the cooling paste on my laptop (Without me knowing). Afterwards ive noticed that my cpu is warmer then before. My guess is that the cooling paste was applied incorrectly.. I've never tried fixing something like this before. Is this hard? I guess the...

Hi, I'm a thirtysomething living in the United States with a physical disability; I have a neuromuscular disease. Because of my muscle weakness, there are precious few models of computer mice that I can operate. My favorite model of mouse is a Creative Labs wired optical mouse that was last...

Hi, I have a HyperX mouse that is 7 months old and recently the wheel click stopped working. I decided to repair it, open it and change the faulty switch but it doesn't have any identification (I haven't removed it yet) Do you know where I can find the name of the switch on a page or someone...