repair

I agreed to help fix my friend's computer. He said when he powers the machine on, he sees smoke and smells burning. and it doesn't boot into Windows. I did the same, and there was indeed smoke coming from the case. I examined it and found a burned/melted spot on the GPU. I tested a good GPU in...

PC Specs: CPU: Intel I5 4460 (3.20 ghz) Motherboard: Biostar TB85 GPU:MSI RX Radeon 570 Armor OC 4GB Ram: (2x)4gb Team Group Elite 1600mhz DDR3 OS: Windows 10 Storage: Samsung Evo 500 gb SSD PSU: EVGA 600W Power Supply...

Hello, this all started a day ago when i booted up my PC and was randomly met with "no signal" on my monitor. After i restarted my PC once or twice it went into some sort of automatic repair because it "didnt shut down properly" after the auto repair the "no signal" issue was seemingly fixed...

I was recently having issues with windows 10 freezing randomly, and suspected my SSD failed. I ended up replacing my SSD and RAM. Did a fresh install of windows too, PC returned to normal and now days later its crashing again. The last crash was caused by right clicking and windows explorer...

Hi guys, Wanted to post this just incase I get any thoughts or help. Anyhow i recently got a computer and for some reason the gpu doesnt get detected in the first pcie slot. I have tried a second gpu and works and i tried the original gpu in a 2nd computer and it works so clearly neither are...

i recently bought an EVGA 1070 and I'm having some issues with artifacting and low power draw. 90% of the time when i boot it starts artifacting on the Windows loading screen and when i get into windows device manager it says "error 43" and is in a low res. the other 10% of the time it boots...

The fans on my current gpu are very audible at the lowest possible setting (30%, ~1000rpm), when under use it is the only component making noise at load. Most reviews stated it was as around the same noise range as the RTX 3080 Asus Tuf normal bios which is ~35dba. Since I got this card second...

Hello all! I know this is a pretty broad forum topic, but I can't figure out for the life of me what's going on. I've done multiple diagnostics, did fresh windows install from a media of a clean unit, reset CMOS, monitored heat, and took into repair stores which (say it tested good) on their...

Hello, all. I'm not sure what to do on this issue. Bear with me with this backstory, it's a doozy. I bought a prebuilt gaming pc a few years ago from someone on eBay who had scalped a 3070 card from it to resell. At the time, it was a great financial deal because the seller was willing to part...

I bought a Lenovo Ideapad 3i, and i like to have a 256GB SD card inserted into my laptop that acts as "permanent" storage so that I can keep my work on an encrypted removable device, even though it is almost never removed. It's a bit idiosyncratic but it's what I like. Anyway, the Ideapad has a...

Hello everyone my friend gave me EVGA GTX 670 and it has problems, well it mostly doesn't turn on. I have Asus H61ME motherboard and it makes 1 long beep and 3 short beeps when i install this card. I disassembled it and i inspected board and everything there was nothing i could find, but when i...

Hello, I got my hands on a defective Gigabyte RTX 3090 Vision OC. I tested it on my mainboard beforehands and it seems to fried my mainboard (but thats another task...) I was able to found the error, it was a defective/burnt MOSFTET and one small SMD capacitor was shorted and one resistor...

I work 12-hour shift so i decided to teach myself how to repair GPUs, i have all the basic tools i need for it (soldering, heat gun, etc). I am extremely new at troubleshooting and repairing GPUs. I have a EVGA 2080 XC Gaming (current working card used as reference), and 2 Palit 2080 Dual...

Hello everyone! I have a revived/repaired Acer 7551g-7459 laptop and neither Debian, Ubuntu, or Windows 7 can detect both the wired ethernet and the mini PCIe wireless network adapters. No errors, just not detecting them at all. A little background. This laptop was on its way to the garbage...

My GPU was malfunctioning, so I took it out of the pc for repair as its under warranty, but when doing so some plastic from the pcie cable got stuck in it so now the seller has voided my warranty. What can I do , and where in the Uk can i fix it?

Long Version: My laptop (MSI Stealth GS75 10SE MS-17G3) was suffering from high temp CPU based crashes. So I decided to open it up and reapply the thermal paste. After reassembling it and turning it back on I noticed that not all the keys were not working. Their leds were on but some of them...

I have my dream monitor and don’t want to toss it in the trash. I saved for a long time to get this beautiful ultra wide. I accidentally bumped the screen too hard and in one spot when you power it on, has a spidered impact point that displays. There is no crack or physical damage on the...

Did search on lazada and shopee multiple times for replacement of rubber for my model but to no avail. I live in Philippines and seems like finding replacement for my controller model is hard :( The problem is that rubber inside got torn and one button particularly a button feels mushy... The...

Hi all, Specs are: cpu - i5 3570k, graphics - 1070 ti, motherboard - asrock z77 pro3, RAM - 16gb of cosair vengeance To start I believe my motherboard is blown but I cannot figure this out. It is about 10 years old so it might just be that. Computer was running fine the night before yesterday...

This issue happened spontaneously after the computer ran fine for 2 years, walked away from a functional computer and came back a few minutes later to find it dead. All components seem to be getting power, but the motherboard is looping between an amber DRAM LED for ~5 seconds and red CPU LED...

I bought my very first graphics Graphics Card for $20 and it's an Nvidia GTX 560. So happy that in many years I could get my very own GPU for my gaming experience. But when I tried to play some games like Valorant, CSGO or Left 4 Dead 2, it crashes to BSOD or Black Screen. BSOD Errors are...

So my AMD Ryzen 1600 14nm desktop computer needs a new Motherboard and CPU Cooler. I have no interest in getting a used motherboard so the most logical choice is a B450 ATX if I keep the 1600. I'm also limited to the 90mm CPU Coolers due to case width. I'm not sure what the best...

In April 2021 I acquired the following NVME storage from Aliexpress to Brazil: KingDian M.2 NVME SSD 128GB 256GB 512GB 1TB M.2 2280 PCIe Internal Solid State Drives For Laptop It arrived in good state and was promptly working in my 2016 motherboard desktop build. (GIGABYTE GA-970A-D3P AM3+/AM3...

Hi! I'm having a bit of trouble with my HP Pavilion 23xi monitor. About a week ago, while I was using my PC (not even working on the monitor in question), the left half of the screen became pixelated and took a pink hue. It's not so bad that I can't use it, but enough to strain my eyes. The...

Hy there So after a good amount of time the speakers in my msi ge60 are dying... (specifically one on the top right side). I know a lot of you with recommend to get separate speakers but i do not wish to go down that path as i usually repair whatever breaks. There is not much information about...

I have a 2 year old 2TB adata xpg sx8200, this is my only drive atm and my mobo is an msi b450 gaming pro carbon ac. Yesterday I left my PC with a pretty heavy game running to speak to my housemates, I was gone for about 20-30 minutes and when I came back my PC was sat at the BIOS. I was pretty...

Hello, I want to try my hand at developing a repair ticket management and inventory system. This would be for a demo project for one of my courses. I have used products like RepairQ and RepairDesk, and this project will have similar functionality to those platforms. I have noticed that different...

... but the LCD screen worked fine, just no backlight. i replaced the LCD screen (i assume the backlight is in with the LCD assembly?) and still i have no backlight. For some reason there is next to nothing for documentation and common repair tactics for the d3500 so I'm pretty stumped at the...

Hi All, I'm having a bit of a problem with a laptop which refuses to turn on. It worked fine one day and then my housemate borrowed it apparently used it fine and turned it off at the end of his work without issue. The next time I tried to turn it on it won't stay on - not pointing fingers or...

Hi! I have a Palit gtx 1650 super that I bought from a local retailer here in the Philippines. It is working fine until 1 day it released an unpleasant smoke and overheated. Would like to know if it is still repairable? I already contacted the retailer but I tear the warranty sticker so sadly I...

I've recently been dealing with a slight stutter on my PC, and I've been told that it was an issue with my C drive. I have checked the drive, and it is in fact in need of repair. The only issue is, it won't let me repair it. I've run "chkdsk" through the Command Prompt, I've scanned and...

Hey guys, I recently have fully upgraded my computer, but I am still getting low fps(<144) in games like valorant and league. I've had this problem for months, and I don't want to buy a new computer. CPU and GPU run at very low speeds, <40% when playing valorant, and causes low fps. My specs...

I thought a fun Christmas project would be the resurrection of the the old family computer, a ‘Gateway Performance AS 650 tb3’. To give some back story, about a year ago I dusted off the internal components, when I put the computer back together it booted fine but crashed a few seconds latter...

I have a build that for various reasons got stuffed in a closet a few years ago. It has an AMD FX-8350, 8 core processor @4ghz. I pulled it out and have been trying to troubleshoot it. I can't get an OS to install due to HD errors. It has two drives and I can't get it to install on either of...

i have a gigabyte rtx 3060ti gaming oc pro on servicing,it experienced no display issue because of physical damage after oxidation problem(probably because of humidity).after 2 days of investigation the gpu repairer said that he is not getting any signal from gpu,his best guess is the chipset is...

Hi! I have a Gigabyte RX460 4GB, and recently Some stuff happened, and I saw 3 mosfets on the front burnt, 1 of them was melted while two were like, never there. So yea anyways, I went to a repair guy and he replaced the one that melted while he didn't know bout the other 2 so he left em as is...

Hi. Here you can see the motherboard of Lenovo Ideapad Miix 310: https://pasteboard.co/31ShQMxjZlSp.jpg I have received one of these, but the chip marked with red in the image is removed in the motherboard I have received. It may be related to LCD because the tablet shows no picture on LCD...

I was cleaning my gpu (Gigabyte-GTX1650 OC) while brshing i Broke one of the SMD-(R526) and all i know that it was a Resistor too tiny and i lost it .so can some one help me with knowing which Resistor to use please. I can make it solder with my friend who is skilled in mobile smd repairing...

So I have a pny 1060 6gb I purchased second hand. The previous owner said it would power up just wouldn’t display. So I figured maybe I could fix it with some drivers etc. So when I received it I took it apart just to inspect before I put it in the pc. I’ve found this oily substance on the back...

Hey, so I recently replaced the sticks on my Joycons as they had an awful drift and were unbearable to use. The process was fairly simple and I thought I did a very good job. Sadly, that was not the case and, despite both Joycons working perfectly fine when directly connected to the console (as...