Dell G15 Became Extremely Slow After a Board Repair
My Dell G15 suddenly shut down while I was playing FC 26 and would not boot. A technician kept it for two days and said he repaired an…
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Is $1,500 a reasonable price to recover photos from a water-damaged iPhone 16?
My wife accidentally took her iPhone 16 into a pool for about five minutes. She removed it and let it dry for roughly two hours, then plugged it…
What should I do after spilling wine on my Samsung Galaxy Book 3?
I spilled a glass of wine on my Samsung Galaxy Book 3, and it shut off immediately. I unplugged it, wiped it down, turned it upside down, used…
ASUS TUF A16 Won’t Power On or Charge After Two Drops
I have a refurbished ASUS TUF A16 that was dropped shortly after I bought it, which stopped the original barrel-style charging cable from working. I then used a…
One RAM Slot Stopped Working After Laptop Servicing—Can the Motherboard Be Repaired?
I have a 2021 ASUS ROG Strix G17 G73-3-QSA with a Ryzen 9 5900HX, RTX 3080 Laptop GPU, and two 16 GB memory modules. Before a repair shop…
How can I safely straighten bent CPU socket pins?
I bent several pins while installing a new CPU fan, and trying to straighten them with a small flathead screwdriver only pushed nearby pins out of alignment. I…
How can I safely straighten bent CPU pins?
I bent several pins while installing a new fan and made things worse when I tried using a small flathead screwdriver. I can't afford to replace the motherboard…
How do I reconnect the Wi‑Fi card and antenna wires on my Gigabyte B460M DS3H AC?
I built my PC several years ago and it has worked well, but the Wi‑Fi connection has recently been weak even though I live directly above the modem.…
Repair Shop Damaged My Laptop Motherboard During a Screen Replacement
I'm asking on behalf of my uncle, who owns an ASUS TUF Gaming F15. The laptop was working normally after an earlier drop, although its display was badly…
Repair Shop Replaced Components on a Working Laptop Motherboard—What Should We Do?
I'm asking for my uncle, who has an ASUS TUF Gaming F15. The laptop was dropped a while ago and the display was badly cracked. About a week…
PC Won’t POST After Bent USB Header Pins—Repair or Upgrade?
I have an ASUS ROG Maximus Hero WiFi 6 system with an i9-10900K and RTX 3080 that was working normally until a USB port on the case panel…
PC Powers On for One Second Then Shuts Off—Could the Motherboard Have an Intermittent Fault?
My PC randomly powers on for about one second and then immediately shuts down. It worked normally for roughly a month, suddenly stopped, then came back after sitting…
How can I remove an overtightened M.2 SSD screw without damaging my laptop?
I have a Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3 and I'm trying to remove the SSD mounted on the motherboard. The hold-down screw appears to have been overtightened by whoever…
Repair Shop Changed My Laptop’s Charging Port Without Approval—and It Still Won’t Charge
My Acer Aspire Lite 15 suddenly stopped charging, so I brought it to a local repair shop on August 1 and paid ₱1,800. After several delays, I collected…
Repair shop replaced my Acer laptop’s USB-C charging port without approval, and it still won’t charge
My Acer Aspire Lite 15 stopped charging, so I took it to a local repair shop on August 1 and paid ₱1,800. I got it back on August…
Was the Wrong Solder Ball Size Used for This AM4 Socket Replacement?
I had an X570 motherboard that was working before its AM4 socket was replaced. The original socket had been damaged during a cooler removal incident, leaving one DRAM…
Is It Safe to Power On a Motherboard With a Displaced SMD Component?
I have an MSI B650M Gaming Plus WiFi motherboard with a small three-lead surface-mounted component that appears to have shifted onto the neighboring pad. The nearby component may…
Is an ASUS TUF F15 RTX 4060 With Code 43 Actually Repairable?
I have an ASUS TUF Gaming F15 with an RTX 4060 that is about a year and a half old. Windows shows Code 43 for the dedicated GPU,…
Is It Safe to Game on an ASUS TUF F15 After Two Motherboard Repairs?
I'm fairly new to laptop hardware, and my ASUS TUF F15 has become a major source of worry. It's a 2023 model with an Intel i5-12500H and RTX…
Is it better to upgrade RAM or repair a faulty slot?
I'm dealing with a mini PC that has two RAM slots, but unfortunately, the second one isn't working anymore. I tried switching my two 4GB RAM sticks around,…