Laptop motherboard Repair Tips

Sadly the laptop motherboard is one of the most expensive laptop components, the other being the screen of course, other components such as the hard drive, optical drives, mains adapter are considerably cheaper.

It really is not surprising that it is so expensive when you consider what it actually contains and of course there is no such thing as a standard motherboard, each one is specific to the laptop manufacturer and laptop model.

If you are looking to upgrade a laptop computer motherboard to add a faster processor or more RAM, this is really a bad idea if you do not thoroughly look into the compatibility issues of this, even laptop motherboard revisions have differences such as different cable connectors, certain components may be different sizes causing the whole motherboard to have a different layout.

If your laptop computer motherboard is faulty then you have a few options available to you, firstly are we sure that the actual board has a hardware problem ? many hardware problems are simply software based, taking a few hours to confirm this can save literally thousands of dollars, this generally involves reseating any RAM and then installing the bog standard operating system.

Now you have ascertained that the laptop motherboard is actually faulty, firstly get some prices for a replacement motherboard, get the initial price from the manufacturer,

do not be too put off at the high price quoted here, the next place to visit is a laptop specialist, this can mean a local shop or even one man band organisations, even speak to your techies at work and see if they can recommend anyone,

the last place to look is the online auction sites such as eBay, items such as motherboards can be picked up very cheap, you just need to make sure your purchasing from a reputable seller,

then you need to be able to fit the motherboard yourself or find someone who can, after all to fit a motherboard in a laptop is a major process.

Generally most repair companies idea of laptop motherboard repair involves replacing the motherboard, but if the fault is simply a connection issue, such as the socket where the power supply plugs in then this can be repaired.

Other points to check are, is the laptop still under warranty, this can be a an absolute godsend, even if you have purchased a second user machine its really worth checking this, companies such as Dell offer an online warranty status where you simply enter the laptops tag number and you see all of the warranty information, do not just presume because a laptop is more than a few years old it has no warranty,

all laptop computers that i purchase new have 5 year warranties, and I usually sell on after 2 years leaving someone with a 3 year warranty laptop.
One area many people do not think about is home contents insurance, depending on how your laptop has been damaged it may be covered by this, worth checking.

The last option which is generally the most feasible is to sell your laptop on in it is broken state, and let someone else deal with the problem, faulty laptops are big business today and they do sell for good money, simply put this towards the cost of a new laptop. Remember to remove any personal data.

Before changing the laptop motherboard
check out our other articles as many hardware problems can be software based

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