Laptop & Hardware Repair
Laptops fail in physical ways desktops don't: the charge port takes the weight of the cable, the hinge takes the stress of every open and close, and the battery sits inches from the heat.
These guides help you tell the difference between an accessory problem you can rule out at your kitchen table and internal damage that needs to come to the bench.
Guides in this topic
- Laptop Not Charging: Charger, Battery or Charge Port?A laptop that won't charge is usually the charger, the battery or the charge port. Simple checks tell you which one before you spend money on parts.
- Laptop Turns On But the Screen Is BlackLights and fans but no picture on a laptop can be backlight, panel, display cable, graphics or motherboard. Simple checks separate them before any part is ordered.
- Laptop Screen Damage or Graphics Chip Failure: Telling Them ApartLines, blotches, artifacts and distorted images can come from a damaged panel or a failing graphics chip. The external display test and the pressure test separate them.
- Laptop Overheating: Warm Is Normal, Hot Is NotA laptop that gets uncomfortably hot, throttles, or shuts down usually has blocked vents, a clogged heatsink, a failing fan or aged thermal paste. Here is how to tell which.
- Laptop Fan Running Constantly: What It Does and Doesn't MeanA fan at full speed all the time can be background software, a clogged cooling system, a firmware fan curve or a failing fan. A loud fan does not by itself prove the laptop is overheating.
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Laptop Repair
Laptop hardware faults are diagnosed in the shop so you know what the repair involves before any parts are ordered.
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Bring your computer in, explain what's happening, and talk with us at the counter about the best next step — that conversation is free.
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509 W Mission Ave
Bellevue, NE 68005