r/computerrepair

Hey all,

So ive been attempting to remove the heatsink/cooler to apply thermal paste on this old computer, ive removed the 4 big screws but it isn’t budging; did I remove the wrong screws or is there something else I need to remove?

Hi everyone

I am not able to start my laptop only is key and caps light is on even on restart but screen is completely blacked out need some steps to fix it.even on restart laptop keys flash up and same scenario again.

It would be really helpfull if somebody can highlight the issue.

The PC is running, but the keyboard is not working, the mouse is working, and the monitor shows "No signal." I have already tried changing the HDMI cable, cleaning the RAM, and removing the battery for two minutes, but it still does not work

Hello everyone,

I have a Lenovo Yoga 530-14IKB 81EK and already replaced the battery about 3 years ago. I couldn't find any original just like today so I bought a fake one. But I am 100% sure it's The right battery for my model (I bought it on Amazon)

The last time everything went well and easy, but this time the cables are a bit too long and are also in a heat shrink tubing. The "best" option I have right now is to remove the cable from all guides and lead them on top of the battery. The only worry/problem is, when I screw in the screw right in the middle of the laptop I have to press a little bit...

Is this a problem? Should I try to find one with slightly shorter cables Or can I just leave it like that?

Thanks in advance and sorry if some of the vocabulary wasn't correct (I am from Germany)

hello everyone.

i have a msi motherboard (MS-7B79 Rev 2.1 X470 GAMING PLUS) and the mobo have a problem. the usb overcurrent error.

when i turn on my pc, my system shut down after 15 secs because of this problem. based on my multimeter diode measurements and tests, the problem causing by this two ports near the ethernet port. (vr ready and superspeed)

i asked claude ai and it says the problem might caused by the load switch ic (which is i never heard before). so i sent some photos to claude and it says the 20s83 thing (which is near the ethernet and that problematic usb ports) is probably the reason of overcurrent.

idk what thing is so im asking to you guys. is this thing really cause that problem. how did i find that thing? i searched internet but couldn’t find anything helpful.

also i almost forgot, the 2 usb ports under the circle also problematic. they didnt give much power to run a usb device. i diode measured them and they are stable like the normal ones (480-485 mV) but they are not working either. anyways, i talked so much lol. can you guys help me please????

sorry for my bad english if i made a mistake. have a nice day yall!

it seems the fan wasn't connected properly so took care of that. Then when i tried turning it on this shows up now, anyone know what's wrong or how to fix it?

So my friend’s laptop won’t turn on and stay on. Firstly her screen is broken so she uses it connect to a monitor through an HDMI cable. She turns it on and when she goes to press the keyboard. It immediately turned off again. And even when she does turn the laptop on it doesn’t display anything on the monitor and the mo it or gets no signal. She’s tried disconnecting the battery and reconnecting it. it does stay on plugged or unplugged it just turns off as soon as she touches the keyboard. She tried the windows + p and nothing changed, and also shift + F8. I just don’t know anything about laptops
Please help 😭

Help me with some advice, when I turn on the laptop, only the caps lock button and the power buttons on the side light up and that's all the screen doesn't work The laptop has never been repaired before, I would be glad if someone could help.

Is this a possible case for micro soldering? is it worth trying? no warrantee this is the only damage I can see

Please help me because if I can't fix it I have to pay 300€ for a broken laptop🙏🏻 So I got this laptop about half a year ago maybe a lil more from a friend of mine, she had this laptop for about 10 years I think. she was a smoker but she told me she smoked like only a month besides the laptop. On the beginning the laptop was working fine it was just laggy sometimes and didn't want to turn on for a few hours but then it worked perfectly again. One day I turned it on and the battery icon went from loading to not loading the whole time for like 10 minutes and then it worked normally again, then after a few days I tried to turn it on but it didn't work. I went to the computer doctor and he told me that the metal liquid (I'm not sure what that is I don't know anything about computers but I know that it's used for cooling) leaked over the whole laptop and that it had so bad of a smoking damage that it's unfixable. I am a strong smoker too and if I knew that it's bad for the laptop then I would've been more careful but mind you I had this laptop for 6 months and I saw laptops that had 10 years of smoking build up and they still could repair it. So the first thing that came to my mind is to ask the genius redditors if it's still fixable

(sorry for my english) i buy a second hand gpu. seller say it fan work but doesn't have video signal. so i buy it and give a try. and it look like that i try to flash bios too but i can't find the right one(i have igpu too). i want to learn how to fix gpu too. i ok if it can't fix

cpu: amd ryzen 5 4600g

mainbroad : B450M-A PRO MAX II (MS-7C52)

os : window 11 & Fedora 44 (kde) dual boot

thank you for give you time.

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Hi everyone,

I'm trying to figure out what's wrong with my ASUS FX50J laptop before I take it to a repair shop.

What happened:

- The laptop was working normally when it suddenly freezed for a second then blue-screened.

- It automatically tried to restart, but it was taking a long time.

- I unplugged the power cable while it was still restarting, and it immediately shut off.

- Since then, it has never booted again.

Current symptoms:

- Pressing the power button turns the little green led lights on the laptop

- The fan behaves the way it normally does (it doesn't spin immediately; it starts after a short delay).

- The screen stays completely black with no backlight.

- The Caps Lock LED never responds when I press the key.

- An external monitor also shows no signal.

- I removed and reseated the RAM, but nothing changed.

- I even tried powering it on with no RAM installed, and the behavior is exactly the same.

- battery little green led light works fine it lights up when the battery is connected and turns when i remove it

- One strange thing I noticed is that if I plug in the charger with the laptop off, my USB mouse immediately lights up, even before I press the laptop's power button. I don't remember it doing that before.

Has anyone experienced these exact symptoms? Is there anything else I should try before taking it to a technician?

Thanks!

Someone sold me this laptop for $80. Ryzen 7 3750H, 2666mhz 8GB Ram, GTX 1660Ti without SSD. The said issue is random shutdown then when rebooting it seems like there is a glance of windows on Asus boot up. There was no heating issue when he checked the armoury crate. Now the laptop has no power, no signs or indications even when plugged into the charger. Do you have any idea what the issue was before it had no power? Thank you!

A month ago i was cleaning my laptop fan and it also vibrating so, my friend says I have a fan so tomorrow bring it to me I will replace that fan in 200-300, but I could have shut down the laptop and do other work but I had chul, I think if I can stop it's vibration for temporary till tomorrow, so applied a paper and normal paper to just support fan's propeller it actually worked but some how vibration stops and I was doing this running laptop and while doing this laptop suddenly shutdown I try to turning on it did not turned on so I call my friend and told him this this is happened he said maybe it's voltage fluctuations or the Short circuit or processor dead , i gave him to repair my laptop so said he tried changing charging ic (photos of changed ic's not that straight green line) he charged me 700,I had doubt on him if he really changed ic or not , after that I give my laptop at papa's friend computer shop today i ask him should I pay him or not he said you should give only testing fee only not for the ic and why he is asking money if laptop is not turned on ,dell latitude 5411 i7-10850h

The left side of my mouse is higher than the left and it clicks but it keeps nudging to the side of the scroll wheel. That’s it’s natural position it goes back to it, sad because I just bought it.

I'm trying to replace the CMOS battery on my laptop but couldn't find it on the front. when I tried unscrew my motherboard, something in the top left corner wouldn't let me. I couldn't find any screws and I don't want to use too much force. my laptop is a HP Victus gaming laptop.

I got into an accident today and my laptop bag tore because of it.

My laptop's lid from outside got a little exposed and got scraped.

My screen is working fine. Hinge is working fine

There is no damage on the lower body.

Everything else in my laptop is fine.

My laptop is not even a year old

I got this in May. So would this little damage void my warranty?

Laptop: dell g15 5530 I have basic support plan