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Laptop repair is not as simple as it might seem at first glance.
Here are a few reasons why:
To accurately determine the location of a malfunction, you need to know the exact sequence of a laptop’s startup.
Replacing a chip on a motherboard in a way that ensures it works properly can only be done by a specialist with real experience in such repairs.
In addition to experience, having the right professional soldering equipment is absolutely essential.
Only then can solder joints be reliable, and the microchip itself remain undamaged during installation.
This becomes especially critical when several components on the motherboard need to be replaced.
To achieve high-quality, factory-level soldering, our specialists rely on a deep understanding of the physics of the soldering process.
Our engineers have years of hands-on laptop repair soldering experience — hundreds of successfully restored motherboards.
This expertise allows them to visually evaluate soldering parameters, correctly position the board, and apply the right soldering profiles for each case.
Without this experience, beginners or experimenters often cause irreversible damage to the motherboard.
The motherboard is actually a pretty durable component
Sometimes it can survive 3–4 times more abuse than it should and still be repairable.
But that’s not always the case.
Here are some examples of damage that can render a board irreparable or make repair economically unreasonable:
- Torn contact pads under chips
- Blown 3.3V and/or 5V standby power lines
- Bridged solder balls under chips in Lenovo laptops
Usually caused by desoldering chips and connectors at too low a temperature (partial solder melting).
If 30+ pads are torn — the repair becomes so complex that hardly anyone will agree to do it.
For example, when the power controller is removed but the MOSFETs are left unmanaged — 19V flows through the upper transistor into the 3.3V rail, and a couple of seconds is enough to fry half the board.
Or from careless handling of metal tools near the board.
Lenovo laptops (Legion, Ideapad Gaming) use such a compound that even simply desoldering any microchips requires specific knowledge and often several soldering processes to achieve the desired result.
Because even during chip removal, the compound can compress and cause solder balls to shoot out under the chip, shorting various circuits.
Here’s a video showing what a board looks like after “someone tried”:
This laptop had to be repaired by replacing the entire motherboard. But that is:
- First — more expensive.
- Second — not always possible to find a matching board.
The motherboard is essentially the laptop itself.
Apart from it, there are only secondary modules — the chassis, cooling system, input/output devices, and storage.
That’s why it’s no surprise that its cost often exceeds half the price of the entire laptop.
If I haven’t convinced you yet — feel free to
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Then you can make an informed decision about where to take your laptop for repair.
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We wish you unbreakable laptops and peaceful skies above!
Your A-GAME Laptops team!