Questions tagged [laptop-repair]
Questions about performing repairs on your mobile computer
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Keyboard key coming loose on a Dell Latitude 5880
I have a Dell Latitude 5580 laptop. On the keyboard, one of the keys is loose. I need help to fit it in place. I have inspected the mechanism, nothing appears to be broken. The tiny metal mount looks ...
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Alienware x15 R2 black screen. Corrupt UEFI?
My ~2 years old Alienware x15 R2 stopped working. The motherboard is LA-L611. Power light and keyboard turn on, power light flashes 2x red and 3x blue, screen stays black.
Dell error codes indicates ...
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Dell Inspiron 1470 stuck on blinking cursor after battery replacement
I recently replaced the battery in a Dell Inspiron 1470 and when I turn it on it shows the Dell logo then it goes to a black screen with a blinking underscore character in the top left. What’s ...
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How do I fix a HP 250 g7 crashing to white screen on movment?
When moving or even just adjusting the screen angle, the HP 250 g7 crashes. It is used and appears to have been in frequent use. When crashing, the fan would stop and the screen would just show white ...
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Laptop Motherboard Diagnosis/Repair (No Power)
I recently got a job (1.5weeks in) as a 'laptop/component repair tech' in a small shop and I'm in over my head. I've replaced/re-soldered AC/audio jacks before and can strip down a laptop to diagnose ...
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Replace Laptop Battery With Power Supply
I have an old Macbook Pro 2013 UK version, and it's broken. I have a feeling it's the charging circuit for the battery that's broken, and that everything else works fine. I'd like to have a go at ...
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How to check if my laptop screen is broken or it's the internal cable?
I have an acer nitro 5 laptop and the built in screen is not working properly. The majority of the screen is black, only the top part is showing images.
If I use it on my Ubuntu instead of Windows and ...
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Can you replace a laptop screen with a different brand?
hi i have two laptops sony Vaio and acer aspire 3 . the sony screen is broken and can i connect the acer screen to this sony laptop (both 40 pin/ but different resolution) ? . by the way i wanted to ...
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Which failed, the wifi card or the wireless antenna? [closed]
I have a hp 17 by1053dx laptop. My antenna became unsnapped from the wifi card, twice. After many failed attempts, I was finally able to snap them back together so they stay together but still have no ...
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Asus G751J won't turn on after suddenly shutdown itself
So yesterday I was working on my company's laptop when my personal laptop (asus g751j) just died with no warning (I wasn't doing anything on it).
It suddenly shut down. I tried to turn it back on but ...
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Does a laptop antenna need to be marked as 6Ghz to work with a Wifi 6 card?
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I bought a new Wi-Fi card for my laptop. The card has Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5. I need to also replace the old 1x1 antenna with a 2x2 antenna. However, I can't seem to find any internal ...
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What kind of tape is on this motherboard?
Recently I was replacing the screen on my Surface Book 2, and I mistakenly removed some kind of tape from the back of the motherboard. The tape I removed does not seem reusable, so I'm trying to ...
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High Fan Noise in my OMEN by HP Laptop 15-dc1093tx
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I bought my HP Omen (hp dc1093tx) about 2.5 years. In the last 1 year, there has been enormous fan noise higher than the expected one. At first I assumed this to be a hardware issue and ...
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Strange linux laptop display behaviour
I have an old Lenovo linux laptop with the following.. let's say symptoms:
On startup almost all the screen turns bright and then pure white, leaving only a little window of visible screen on the top....
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What can be a reason of jumping purple stripes on MSI laptop display?
A few days ago just suddenly there appeared purple stripes on display. They are visible once laptop is turned on, including bios menu, and get much worse when changing refresh rate from 240hz to 60hz. ...
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