Youri McAnespie Posted September 29, 2013 Posted September 29, 2013 (edited) Reet, spent after a night wanking and falling asleep a laptop fell from it's perch and broke (I tripped over the lead...) where the DC Connector attaches to the board has cracked and it won't charge, Anyway, some bellend decided to open it up and the screws subsequently changed colour so the warranty is kaput. Can anyone recommend somewhere decent, preferably cheap and local who can fix it, or would it be do-able mesen if I got the part online? It's a Lenovo Ideapa model no. z580 BTW. I know somebody's probably asked this type of question before but I'm a lazy sod without a search function (aka a peasant). Cheers in advance Edited September 29, 2013 by Youri McAnespie Quote
barryk32 Posted September 29, 2013 Posted September 29, 2013 Easy if you can solder. DC ports are soldered to the board. I cant solder but the part is cheap as chips. Quote
HomerJay Posted September 29, 2013 Posted September 29, 2013 Go into a maplins where you get the part for a couple if quid, then ask the geeks if they know somebody who can do it for you. Quote
Youri McAnespie Posted September 29, 2013 Author Posted September 29, 2013 (edited) Ta, but... Aren't Maplin staff obliged to try and pimp their 'offical' computer repair services? Like Barry, I can't solder properly either, but I'm too tight to pay seventy to a hundred quid to someone (who's maginally less of a m0ng than me) to do it on my behalf... Had anyone actually had a laptop fixed by someone who doesn't come up with a quote from thin air (without even seeing the laptop or even real details of the problem)? Edited September 29, 2013 by Youri McAnespie Quote
Exiled Girl Posted September 29, 2013 Posted September 29, 2013 Soldering's easy, you just need a hot enough soldering iron & to be quick Hth Quote
HomerJay Posted September 29, 2013 Posted September 29, 2013 Ta, but... Aren't Maplin staff obliged to try and pimp their 'offical' computer repair services? Like Barry, I can't solder properly either, but I'm too tight to pay seventy to a hundred quid to someone (who's maginally less of a m0ng than me) to do it on my behalf... Had anyone actually had a laptop fixed by someone who doesn't come up with a quote from thin air (without even seeing the laptop or even real details of the problem)? Tbh I had no idea they repaired computers Quote
HomerJay Posted September 29, 2013 Posted September 29, 2013 Soldering's easy, you just need a hot enough soldering iron & to be quick Hth Aye, cheap irons are fucking rubbish Quote
nearlyeverywere Posted September 30, 2013 Posted September 30, 2013 Modern radio near macdonalds,2 seperate repairs on a circuit board including parts cost 19 quid all in. Quote
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