A computer technician brought this laptop for repair. The laptop was completely dead and there was sign of life in it except the voltage reading on the main power socket from the inside of the laptop.
The laptop was already opened when it got to my shop.
My sister in law told me that she has an old laptop and it is not working any more. She was not sure which device was faulty, the power supply or the laptop.
I dropped by the house to see the problem and the moment I looked at the power supply, I knew where the problem was.
Received Lenovo laptop form one of my customers stating problem while cleaning the laptop keys one key is come out from the locking and when he tried to fix it is not get locked.
I took the laptop on my workbench and started visual inspection. This key is backspace key
I have also tried to fix the key but failed. So I took the key cap for further inspection here I found the inside the cap retainer clip (plastic hinge) that holds the laptop key cap to the base of the keyboard was broken. Read More
An American lady brought this laptop for repair. She explained that she tried to replace the broken screen before but the problem was, she could not find the right screen for it and she almost gave up on it.
Well, she was right because I looked all over the place and I could not find a replacement for it. I checked it on line but I found used ones for sale but the cost was too much besides shipping and handling. I have repaired a lot of things for this lady and I was willing to help her in any way possible. Read More
Symptom: Toshiba laptop some time freeze at booting screen with continuous beep.
I have started inspection of the laptop. I have pressed the power button I got power led light up and laptop screen come up with Toshiba logo and stuck up there with continuous beep this symptom is familiar I have repaired most of the laptops on my workbench for this problem. This is because of some keyboard key is stuck up and it is interferes and misguiding booting process. But which key? Because to find the culprit and for further troubleshooting I must have to complete booting process first. Read More