Laptop repair shop recommendations

Can you share the laptop model? It's hard to imagine a board repair being cheaper than replacing the board.

I do a lot of laptop repair, but I doubt a repair here is feasible, what CPU is on it i7?

Why are we even talking about this? Pull the storage, transfer it to a new $500 laptop.

Shorted board? This is bordering on BS. Unless you've spilled something in it, it's someone trying to sound smart. Board shorts haven't been a thing for more than 20 years. Is your case compressing components together that causes the mythical short? Maybe. do you want to pay someone $500 to figure that out and put a nine cent plastic stabilizer that probably doesn't exist in place to keep them apart?

You don't know how hard it is to short IC (integrated components, or chips,) but I do. It's not shorted. There maybe a problem with a cable, but with sub $1000 laptops, your repair costs will exceed your replacement costs, and fast. You have to pay for the repairer's time, not just components. It's easy to buy a laptop for under $1100 with integrated graphics, I've been doing it for a decade.

Don't repair, replace.

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Looking for recommendations for a shop that repairs laptops, but actually does board repair. Like actually diagnose a shorted main board and repair it whether it's replacing a bad cap or shorted mosfet. Not geek squad that will confirm a shorted board and say you need a replacement board. I have a pricy gaming laptop that died. I was able to confirm a shorted board, but dont have the access to replacement parts. Suggestions appreciated.

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Hardly anyone does this anymore, and the few that do will charge you. I doubt it's financially feasible.