Faults we repair at component level.
Dead short on a power rail
A shorted MOSFET, capacitor or IC drags the whole board down. We find the exact component pulling the short instead of condemning the board.
Missing 3.3V / 5V always-on rails
A failed regulator or PWM controller means the board never wakes up. Looks identical to a "dead motherboard" — it usually isn’t one.
Charging IC / PMIC failure
Plugged in, no charge, no power. Often the charging IC or a blown sense resistor rather than the battery or the adapter.
BIOS / SPI flash corruption
A corrupted BIOS chip can be re-programmed on the bench — no board swap needed, and no data touched.
Liquid damage corrosion
Cleaned properly, corroded components replaced and traces treated — the sooner it comes in after the spill, the more survives.
Broken DC jack or USB port
Re-soldered at the pad. If pads have lifted, we rebuild the trace rather than telling you the board is finished.
How we find the fault
- 01Bench DC supply reads the board’s current draw before anything is opened — that alone separates a short from an open circuit.
- 02Multimeter checks the 3.3V, 5V and VCORE rails against the schematic to find which stage of power delivery stops.
- 03Thermal camera or freeze spray locates the component actually heating up under the short.
- 04Boardview and schematic diagrams trace that rail back to the specific part responsible.
- 05Hot-air rework station and microscope for the SMD or BGA replacement, then re-test under load.

Sometimes the honest answer is “don't repair it”.
This is the rule we apply to your device before we quote you.
The fix costs well under half of a comparable replacement, and it’s one clear fault rather than a machine failing in several places.
The repair lands near half the replacement cost — then the age and remaining life of the battery, drive and hinges decide it.
Older machine, multiple failures, or a repair approaching the cost of a new device. We’ll say so — and still move your data across.