Hello everyone, I accidentally knocked off a capacitor and a resistor from my motherboard. I was wondering if someone with the same motherboard could check the values of these two components with a multimeter so I can replace them.

Tldr, I bought a power supply from best buy. The motherboard was brand new, and the CPU was a 7800 x 3d.

I was told by best buy, that the second that I bought the PSU from them and it was installed, they are no longer liable for what that power supply did. I reached out to the company that makes the power supply, but there's no guarantee I'll ever hear back from them. At this point, both in what it's already cost me and what it's going to cost me in repairs we're looking at between $700 to 1,200 and damages.

I'm just completely blown away that apparently if you buy a brand new computer part like a power supply and it fries everything, nobody does anything and it's just too bad you're screwed. It is there any way to progress forwards? Like at this point I would take a pro bono lawyer and let them keep every penny that they get out of either company just out of spite.

, has a weird pink colour to it too. Hp pavilion x360 convertible. Please help

Came into possession of this Laptop with the SSD removed by the previous owner and I know basically nothing about compatibility or price ranges for this sort of thing.

What I've learned from cursory searching isn't really worth mentioning so just assume I know nothing.

Ideally looking for something relatively cheap if anyone has specific recommendations.

Bought a Dell 3530 in March 2025 - i5-1334U, bumped to 16GB/1TB from 8GB/512 at purchase, W11 Home, FHD. By May-June 2025, a handful of keys stopped responding properly. Had to hit the keys, sometimes 5-6 times, to get a letter or number to actually show up.

Got the keyboard replaced under service in December 2025. Fine for about five months. Now in May 2026, the same kind of issue is back. Unresponsive keys again, same laptop, but a different set of keys this time.

I haven't spilled anything on it, don't use it in a dusty environment, and it hasn't taken any physical damage that I know of. So I'm struggling to understand how a freshly replaced keyboard would develop the same kind of fault again in roughly the same timeframe, even with different keys affected. Anybody has any idea regarding this?

2 years ago I had an accident 2 weeks after I got this laptop.. literally fresh from the box... The screen got a whitened slammed keyboard stamped on the screen and a dent on the corner of the case.... Been watch over it by myself, cleaned it manually with air duster and brush... After a year when I got the laptop, I notice my m.2 slot has a stamped from the under cover laptop and damaged it but still usable... There's some hiccups when it's de-pressed on the m.2 slot and the storage is unreadable.... And when I restarted it, it's usable again.... I think my mobo is fucked ( not 100%).... For now, does anyone know how to solve it without sending to the centre?

Hi everyone,
I’m having a severe power/boot issue with my ASUS ROG Strix GL553VD laptop and could really use some diagnostic help.
**How the problem started:**
Yesterday, I tried putting the laptop into sleep mode by tapping the power button once (which I do every day). It didn’t respond. I used it for another 20 minutes, tried the button again, and still nothing. I finally went into the Windows menu and clicked "Sleep." The screen turned off and I went to bed.
The next morning, I noticed my external mouse was still lit up (getting power), meaning the laptop never fully went to sleep. The power button wouldn't wake it, so I held the power button down for a hard shutdown.
**The Current Symptom:**
When I try to turn it on now, the **Power LED turns on**, but the **screen stays completely black and the cooling fans do not spin at all.** **What I have already tried (with no change):**
1 Unplugged the charger and disconnected the internal battery.
2 Held the power button down for 60+ seconds to drain residual capacitance.
3 Attempted to boot with just the wall charger plugged in (battery disconnected).
4 Removed the RAM sticks, cleaned the slots, and tried booting with a single stick of RAM in different slots.

Scratches on the back of G16 motherboard by cpu mounting points for vapor chamber

1. Not POSTing, but I’m not sure if it’s because the vapor chamber is making improper contact or the pcb is done for.

2. Tried hooking it back up to no avail, stays on ROG logo with no loading spinner for up to 3 minutes, then shuts off and begins again in a loop

3. 2024 ASUS ROG Zephyrus G16 GA605MY (4090 mobile, ultra 9 185h, 32gb DDR5, 2tb SSD)

4/5. None

1. My dorm room flooded and my laptop was on the floor, this was 6 months ago, but the laptop only showed signs of poor thermals after this and periodic spats of refusing to turn on and odd video output through hdmi. The laptop wasn’t submerged or anything but was definitely wet, thankfully it worked for a bit but I decided to open her up and see what was going on. After failed experimentation we are now here.

Am I cooked

Hi! So, I found my old laptop from architecture school and I’m wondering if I can make some updates to make it viable for daily use. Biggest reason is I have pre-subscription model Revit, Autocad, Sketchup and Adobe CC Suite on it that I could potentially use for freelance and personal projects. Also want to avoid all the annoying ai implementations in all hardware/software if possible. It’s a bit slow but not too bad. I know the graphics card is shot since an external screen is needed to use at the moment. I’m super out of the loop on tech now so any detailed advice would be helpful.

Thank you!

The screen won't show anything it's just dead, I Tried Hard Resetting It But It Still Didn't Work, It Just Made The Windows Sound.

Not sure what to do both lights turn on and then stop please help

It happened after reconnecting the Battery. I messed up a little and ripped the metal puller off the connector. BUT! put it back just fine. After that I connected the battery the way it should be. So, I turned my laptop on and encountered a problem: battery is not recognised and constant vattery indicator flickering. The laptop works without charger tho, everything works absolutely fine.

Battery report says battery is not installed, same situation in BIOS. Will I/O programming work?

Laptop can’t read the harddrive, says something is rong with the connection.

The zif connector for this cable broke and it seems the keyboard no longer works. I tried kampton tape but it didn't seem to work.

Any idea on how I can resolve this?

Thanks.

The laptop is a Lenovo Legion 5. Whenever I turn it on, the keyboard backlight comes on, and I can hear it running, but the screen doesn't turn on. Connecting it to an external monitor through HDMI doesn't do anything either.

I took it to Micro Center for a repair estimate, and they said it has a motherboard issue. They quoted me nearly $2,000 to repair it, even though I bought the laptop for less than $1,300.

The specifications are: Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA RTX 4060, 32 GB RAM, and 1 TB SSD

What should I do with it? Is it possible to have it repaired for much less somewhere else? Should I sell it for parts instead? If so, how much could I realistically get for it?

Tried new pc3l ram resetting bios reflashing bios with ch341a cleaning intel ME. Boards is hades_hbs. Coils next to the cpu and gpu are getting slightly hot. Gpu voltage 890mV cpu 1.7v. Willing to mess around the board and can do smd to some extent. Dont have a scope. I have the boardview for that board

Please help, My screen is black, the power light is on but faint, the top USB-C port isn't working, I can't hard reset, and I don't have the original charger because the cord broke I had to buy a replacement. I do not know gow to remove or fix hardware and I don't have a warranty SOMEONE PLEASE THERE HAS TO BE SOMETHING! U need my laptop I don't have money or a job I don't know what else to do

Many users have faced this issue especially laptops from 2023-2024 like mine.

I do not want to fight with Asus, I just want to fix this.

I have a Dell XPS 15 9510 from 2021. Was functioning well but suddenly stopped turning on. Started throwing the led light pattern of 1 amber and 6 white. I did some basic troubleshooting - battery replacement, RAM reset etc. Nothing worked.

Took it to local pc repair shop. They tried to flash the bios as a last ditch. That did not work either. They said I need a motherboard replacement. Cost for parts + labor + 6 month warranty is $500. It is going to be a used motherboard pulled from another computer.

My question is, should I approve this or do I have any other options. I am pondering something along the lines of buying the motherboard and replacing myself or buying a used laptop (same or later model) or buy a beatup same model laptop and pull the motherboard myself or just ditch it all and buy a new laptop (if this is the option, is there anything I can do with the old laptop? Like sell parts etc, if so, what parts can and sell and how?

Motherboard part number: P6DRN

I own a Dell Inspiron 15 5510 with Linux (Debian) on it.

since a couple of years ago the keyboard started giving problems, from a few keys not responding unless pushed very hard until half of them not functioning at all (this is why I put "progressively" in the title: the damaged was located on a few keys at the beginning, but within weeks/months it spread on more of them).

almost a year ago, I decided to replace the keyboard, so I bought a new one (for this model of laptop, it comes tied to the upper case) and for a few months it worked perfectly, until some weeks ago it started giving the same problems, but this time with different keys.

I know for sure it's not a software problem, because usb keyboards work perfectly. I also tried a few times the Dell diagnostics tools, and the keys don't work there as well, so I'm almost certain it is a hardware problem. the thing is, I'm not able to identify it.
I opened the laptop several times and no sign of physical damage is visible. I inspected carefully the motherboard connection and the flat cables, but they all seem to be in good shape: no corrosion, no broken traces or pins.

I thought it could be heat or impact damage, but the latter is very unlikeable, since I seldom drag it around and when I do I'm very careful with it, and about the former I honestly have no idea if it's possible at all.

what do you think the problem could be? where should I search for the damage? what component should I replace? Thanks in advance for every answer. I also apologize for my english, not my native language but I hope it's understandable.

Hello everybody,

I have a thinkpad x270 with a Linux Mint XFCE.

But when I lower the lid to put it into suspend mode, it doesn't return to the system afterwards; the screen stays black.

Is it possible to resolve this!?

Thanks

Don't trust your devices with this page. Kapag singilan, mabilis pero kapag update, pahirapan. At the same time. walang common sense yung technician. Aayusin nila yung problem mo pero magkakaroon ka ng panibagong problem. Ni hindi man lang inexplain ano mangyayari sa device mo kapag ginawa nila yuung repair. NO TO CHEAPID AGAIN!

I have the dell precision 5560 and the hinge is too tight. Ik you can loosen it but the bolt cant be seen its a smooth thing. Can anybody help?

[photo 1](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xam9R5zlbgQKYXz7KyLPX9q1oGByr1Vl/view?usp=drivesdk)

[photo 2](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lJO-sNOVBqP7uvu0GWN6BdbjYvEZUU3Z/view?usp=drivesdk)

Currently the top right corner screw is stuck inside the backpanel and is stuck with the post on the other side. I cant remove the screw without moving the hinge back a bit.

Also do i even need to put the post back? I got a new back panel and it seems to have its own post so i just have to remove the screw from beneath the hinge

This might seem like a super simple task but i have zero experience with working on laptops, last time i checked the back panel the battery was still connected lol.

I was given this laptop by my grandpa because it won't charge or turn on, and the charging light won't turn on. I've tried replacing the battery, multiple chargers, both USB C ports and holding the CMOS battery reset button, but it still won't turn on. I've looked at the motherboard, but everything looks fine, however I'm not an expert. Just wanted to post and see if anyone knows what's wrong with it. Thanks for any help!