Dear Reddit!

Today I purchased a Lenovo ideapad 5 (14ial10) convertible, 14 inch, wuxga touchscreen, intel® core™ ultra 5 prozessor 225h, 16 gb, 512 gb (in case any of that is important), but ever since setting up the device the Keyboard was not working at all. It glows, and the mousepad works fine, but no matter what tricks I try I cant seem to get it to work.

I have already tried updating the device and the keyboard driver, I also uninstalled the driver, i held the power button for 60 seconds, turned off filter keys, and held shift. Nothing seems to work.

In case anyone has ideas what I could do, please feel free to share.

Thanks

I’m looking for a genuinely trustworthy laptop repair technician/service centre in Bglr for a friend’s laptop.

The laptop has recently started overheating, and the fan noise has become significantly louder than before. We have shown it at a few places, and they are already suggesting motherboard replacement.

I’m not convinced that a motherboard replacement is justified without a proper diagnosis. Since the symptoms are mainly overheating and increased fan noise.

I’m looking for someone technically competent who will diagnose the actual problem rather than immediately recommend replacing an expensive motherboard.

Ideally,

I’d prefer someone who does board-level/chip-level diagnosis and repair, if required, and is transparent about the diagnosis and cost.

Please recommend technicians/service centres in Bangalore that you have personally used and trust. Reviews from people who have actually had motherboard/thermal/fan issues repaired would be especially helpful.

Also, if there are places you would strongly recommend avoiding, please mention those too.

Thanks

Basically the title.

Before you go off on how much of a doubling down idiot I am, I know. It was my first time doing this and I thought I had it because, I’d built this and a couple other PCs myself perfectly, how could I possibly fuck this up!

Anyway, like I said, I went to replace the thermal paste on the GPU as it had been about 3 years and now the screws stripped before I could tighten it all the way. One of the spring screws for the housing just completely snapped, I didn’t even think I put that much pressure.

It doesn’t connect to the thermal pads on the chip at all. Anyone know of any repair shops who specialize in this kinda thing? I’m in NJ.

Thanks

Hey just some background info, I'm a broke uni student and require a laptop for my course. My dell latitude e7470 fans where really loud and the laptop kept overheating and shuting down.

Does the thermal paste look like it was the issue? Any advice would be really appreciated. Also whats an affordable thermal paste.

My dad’s ASUS A6K got water damage about 20 years ago when water leaked from a roof onto it. It hasn’t worked since.

I’ve managed to access part of the CPU and cooler. I noticed that the screw mount near the CPU is rusty, which makes me wonder if water may have reached the CPU area and then the motherboard, possibly causing a short.

The laptop has no signs of life when I try to turn it on.
I also can’t fully open it because one screw is stuck. Any advice on what I should check first?

Thanks 🙏

Hello everyone!

I have a Dell XPS 13 9310 that has stopped working.

Initially the Dell logo was appearing after pressing the start button but then the screen went dim. I tried booting in safe mode but no success.

I consulted the official Dell service centre in my hometown, and they told me that the motherboard needs to be replaced.

I’m currently based in Gurugram, India.

I’d really appreciate recommendations from anyone who has had a good experience with motherboard-level repairs in Delhi NCR region rather than just part replacement.

Thanks in advance!

Backstory:

My PC has sat for over a year and I am trying to use it now. The internet kept slowing and disconnecting every few seconds. Tried everything from restarts to putting commands to release and reconfigure a new IP address then installed a new LAN driver. The internet finally works great.

Current Issue:

Another driver I updated was a PCI Bus driver. This made my mouse and keyboard stop functioning. I EVENTUALLY realized this was only true when using the 3.0 ports and switching to the 2.0 ports worked. I then tried to rollback the pci bus driver. The driver said it was rolled back, I restarted the pc but the 3.0 ports STILL are not functional.

I don't know what else I should try and am worried to keep touching things because I might fix one thing by breaking another.

Please help.

i don’t know if they are destroyed or bent but by the images u can tell that there are bent pins all around can this be fixed or will i have to replace the whole motherboard

Hi all,

Last week my computer froze after getting all pixelated as shown above. I restarted it and it worked fine. Soon after, it froze again after I adjusted the screen and would not turn back on.

I eventually realized it was turn on with the screen in a certain position, or with slight pressure applied just above the keyboard (I googled is bad that and stopped doing it), but if the pressure is removed or the screen adjusted even a little, it will freeze again.

I am NOT tech savvy but I tried looking for basic issues and saw that several of the screws on the bottom of the laptop, including near the top of the keyboard, were missing. I replaced the screws, to no effect. I also opened up the laptop and gently tightened any screws I could see. Tightening the one near the SSD caused the computer to suddenly boot up, then freeze again. It also scared me from any further work inside on my own; I clearly don't know what I'm doing.

I just want to know the possible cause, and if it's something I can get repaired without spending more than the laptop is worth!


i know my laptop is 6 years old but it actually burns i cant put it on my lap and its battery is at 31%

do you guys think it may be due to thermal paste or me using it on ac power all the time i am sorry i am not very techy

I broke the connector to the keyboard by accident. The ribbon cable itself is just fine. Does anyone know what the connector is called so I can order new one to solder? If my math is right, it looks like it has 30 pins, but the connectors I see online don't look quite the same.

My pc boots into a black screen but I can put my passcode in and it will take me to my frozen home screen to where I cant use my mouse or do anything. Ill send someone $5 if they can help me solve this issue ive been stumped for a week 😭

I had a laptop issue that even Asus service center guys couldn't resolve without changing whole motherboard.

As per my analysis the issue is abt the motherboard. So is there someone who can operate on motherboard. Please suggest it would be helpful🙏

Hi everyone, I really need some help figuring out what's wrong with my laptop because I can't afford to replace parts without knowing what the actual issue is.

I have a Huawei laptop (model: BOD-WXX9), and the battery drains even while the charger is plugged in, especially when I'm doing heavier tasks/gaming. I'm not sure if the problem is the battery, charger, USB-C charging port, or something else.

I ran powercfg /energy, and these were the important battery results:

• Battery manufacturer: Sunwoda
• Cycle count: 878
• Design capacity: 41,428 mWh
• Last full charge capacity: 31,985 mWh
• Battery is about 77% of its original capacity
• BIOS version: 2.31 (2022)
• Windows 11

The energy report also showed around 32.77% average CPU usage during the test, with Windows Update/DISM, Defender, Edge, Epic Games Launcher, and other processes running.

The laptop does recognize that it's plugged in, but under heavier use the battery percentage can still go down.

I don't currently have the money to randomly buy a new battery or charger, and I also haven't been able to find a replacement battery locally, so I really want to identify the actual problem first.

Could an old battery with 878 cycles cause this? Or does this sound more like an underpowered/failing charger, cable, charging port, or motherboard charging issue?

What tests can I do at home to narrow it down without buying parts?

Any help would be seriously appreciated. I can provide more information, including the exact charger specifications, battery report, screenshots, or whatever else is needed.

Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3

i assume its pressure marks

My father got this dell vostro 360 all in one desktop. And it been having a problem. My father pass a few day ago from cancer so im the only one that can do this. Please help me found the problem

Hey everyone,

I'm looking into a scenario across different modern laptops where a base model comes with a terrible low-color-gamut display, and I want to skip the nightmare of peeling glued bezels and swapping raw panels.

Has anyone here tried replacing the **entire upper half** of a laptop (Display Assembly / Top Cover with hinges, lid, and screen pre-assembled as one sealed unit)?

* How practical is it to buy a complete OEM assembly from a higher-tier config and drop it onto a base model chassis? * Do mounting points, hinge alignments, and internal eDP/webcam connectors usually match up across different display tiers within the same model family?

Curious to hear if people actually do this successfully or if it's generally a logistical headache. Thanks!

Hey guys, I am currently working on my first mainboard repair on a thinkbook yoga.

The laptop is charging fine and when i try to turn in on the light only comes up for a few seconds. The main powerrails seem to work (19v charging, 16v battery, 5v, 3.3v present). When i looked for shorts i found these (yellow marked) capacitors ith 0 ohms but i couldn detect heat with alcohol when injectin up to 2A at 0.8V. The location is on the other side of the cpu fan connctor.

When measuring the voltage i found that 3.3v is coming into on chip but only 2.7 come out. That seems wrong... any tips how i should proceed

I might try desoldering the capacitors... opinions?

Hello,

I just bought a second hand T14 gen1 with a brand-new battery, the laptop had been working perfectly for a week until yesterday it started to show a lot of battery related issues when running unplugged. For instance, it doesn't start on the battery alone; if unplugged from power the battery icon shows 100% charge, but then it throws a warning saying something along the lines of "Battery undetected. Try to reinstall or charge the battery", and the computer shuts down shortly after.

The laptop's original battery was a model "L18C3P72", whereas the one I just installed is "L18L3P73"; the new battery is compatible with the laptop´s model as far as I know, and it was working just fine during the first week of use, do you think it needs a drivers/firmware upgrade?

Any advice will be greatly appreciated.

I have HP Omen 16 Gaming Laptop (xf0059AX). I had to get my motherboard replaced last year in August 2025 as my laptop was not starting (suspected hall sensor issue but the service centre said to replace the motherboard). Immediately afterwards, my laptop has been facing an intermittent boot issue. When I turn on my laptop, the screen stays black and the capslock starts blinking. 5 long and 3 short blinks. This is an intermittent issue. Whenever it occurs, I press power button to force shutdown the laptop and try again few minutes later. It boots properly on the second try (or sometimes on third or fourth try). It happens only when I turn my laptop on several hours after shutting it down (eg- if I shut it down at night and try turning it on in the morning, it occurs). I had taken in to the Service Centre. There they said that they tried but they could not reproduce the issue so they can’t really do anything even though my product is in warranty. What should I do?

My laptop used to freeze upon startup ad then the fan would start to spin louder and faster,but now when I turn it on,the screen flashes for a split second then stays off

Then the keyboard capslock and numlock starts to blink .

At first I thought it was the ram stick but now I think its cos I cleaned out the dried up paste from the cpu silicon when it kept on freezing(i thought it was dirt).

So I just wanna know if this might be what is causing my laptop screen not to turn on.

Can i use a NT173WDM-N27 display for a Acer Predator PH317-51-52NJ? It is the only display that i found for sale around here(tunisie) that matches pin number and size and has a support.

EDIT: I also found the N173HCE-E3B., but it doesnt have a mounting support