Motherboard Repair
I had stopped repairing PC motherboard since i left my former computer distributor company back in 1994. Those days the famous motherboard board were the 486sx, 486dx and the Pentium. I was provided with every model of the motherboard schematic diagrams, Chipset (all range of IC’s), SMD desoldering tools, troubleshooting notes and even the POST diagnostic card. Repairing PC motherboards on those days were quite easy but i doubt nowadays it will be easy unless you are working in the motherboard manufacturers or you have the sources for all kind information related to motherboard.
Occasionally i do have motherboard sent for repair by my friend who deal with selling computer systems. Most of the time was the electrolytic capacitors bulged and quite simple to fix it. Nowadays PC motherboard is quite cheap and less people want to repair it and prefer to buy a new board unless if the motherboard is in the higher range (branded). As mentioned, if you can’t source for the parts it would be very difficult to repair the board. Those days the boards were only using normal SMD IC’s (spider IC’s) but most of the motherboard now are using the BGA IC’s which is very difficult to extract unless you have the special equipment to do the job.
It will be very time consuming to do this precision job unless the profit that you gonna make could cover your cost otherwise it would not be economical to repair the motherboard. If any of the readers in my blog repair motherboard i would like to listen to what you have to say about motherboard repairing business-thanks
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Raja
September 22, 2010 at 8:05 am
Hi All,
This is Raja from Kumbakonam. Can you please help me to repair my motherboard. My problem is my cpu's back panel connector was damaged. Is it possible to change that alone. Waiting for reply...
Thanks,
Raja.
admin
September 23, 2010 at 2:43 am
HI Raja,
Sorry, i no longer repair motherboard. However, if you have the connector you can try to replace it. It will be a little tough to replace parts in a high density components board.
Jestine
renokurniawan
September 28, 2010 at 10:46 pm
kurang lengkap keterangan bagian-bagiannya...
coba perbanyak lagi...
altaf
September 30, 2010 at 6:29 am
respected jestine young
dear sir i m hardware technician in a university. i have a motherboard of dell gx270 (intel d865). the problem when i on the machine just only moterbaord LED on in orange colour. i have cheaked powersupply, cpu, ram all the things are ready. but i think its motherboard problem. so please guide me that, what kind of component is damaged in the motherboard. and also tell me the tips of motherboard repairing
thanks
your student
Altaf Hussainy
admin
October 1, 2010 at 2:13 am
HI Altaf,
If you have check that the supply, ram and cpu are okay then the problem could be in the Chipset. This chipset is not easy to find.
Jestine
mukesh
October 2, 2010 at 9:53 am
i want to larn mother board repaird.
saunak
October 2, 2010 at 6:49 pm
very good info. i really enjoyed that.
admin
October 2, 2010 at 9:40 pm
HI Mukesh,
Sorry, i do not have motherboard repair info.
Jestine
Altaf
October 5, 2010 at 6:38 am
Respected Jestine
please tell me some websites for the repairing of computer motherboard. i will thankfull of You
altaf
admin
October 6, 2010 at 7:45 am
Hi Altaf,
Sorry i do not have those websites and guess you may need to search it from the internet.
Jestine
Ronald HIltz
October 6, 2010 at 10:24 pm
I would like to comment that I have as an interest repaired a few motherboards, and I have had most of the boards come back to life.
I am self taught with help from Google here and their. One board I have not been able to bring back was a Dell GX 280, most of my repair work has been limited to replacing bad cap's. I dont have many tool's just a soldering iron and proper solder, no desoldering tool's to my name.
I just find it interesting to revive one as I don't have the funds to run out and buy a replacment board every time one of my board's die.
Cheers
admin
October 7, 2010 at 7:47 am
HI Ronald,
Replacing bulged e-caps can bring many motherboard to life but getting the right spare parts (ICs) is the most toughest thing in this repair trade.
Jestine
abhilash
October 10, 2010 at 10:10 pm
Jestin,
My pc gets switched off after working for sometime.one guy
who came to repair it found that one of the chip in motherboard
is getting over heated.How can this be fixed. why this happens?
My motherboard is intel 915 chipset.can you please help me
admin
October 11, 2010 at 3:51 am
HI Abhilash,
When the IC shorted it can draw lots of current and this will shutdown the power supply. It can be many reason why the chipset get heated. Quality of the chipset, a too high supply voltage or even bad corresponding components can cause this problem.
Jestine
shafi
October 11, 2010 at 10:01 am
Can u teach me some basics on motherboard repairing
admin
October 11, 2010 at 10:00 pm
HI Shafi,
The only thing that you can do is to make sure the supply voltage to the motherboard is good and stable and there are no bulged capacitors. Other than this it could be the IC fault. Sourcing for the right IC chipset is not easy. You may need a PC post card to help you to diagnose the problem.
Jestine
jojet
October 12, 2010 at 3:12 pm
sir, what brand of motherboard is this and what model because i have a second hand computer and the motherboard is like this and i want to format it but ihave no drivers of this maybe you can help please..
i want to know what model and brand is this.. thank you
Gurpreet Singh
October 13, 2010 at 6:15 am
Hi ,Please send me motherboard repairing book.
Gurpreet Singh
October 13, 2010 at 6:22 am
HI , please send me a book, which is about on circuit. How does circuit work. Send me that book. I am acomputer hardware and networking engineer. But my chip level knowledge is not very high.
Thankyou.
admin
October 13, 2010 at 8:55 am
HI Gupreet,
Sorry i do not have motherboard repairing book.
Jestine
admin
October 13, 2010 at 9:23 am
Hi Jojet,
Sorry no info on that motherboard because it was taken from internet.
Jestine
Godfred
October 14, 2010 at 10:22 am
Any infomation concerning computer
admin
October 14, 2010 at 9:27 pm
Hi Godfred,
Sorry no info concerning computer. Most of the info only related to electronics repair and not software.
Jestine
yogesh
October 16, 2010 at 3:02 pm
sir;
i m new in hadrware sir how to repair motherboard
i request u u teach me
williams
October 19, 2010 at 5:49 am
i am Williams i am into repair of hardware and configuration of system under the school of CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS EUROPA EN ESPANIA.Couple with my secondary school certificate can i get a good job with it in a warehouse where system are assemble.Secondly how can i repair the mother board of a laptop,assemble and configure the system of laptop.
admin
October 20, 2010 at 7:45 am
HI Williams,
Nice to know about your job profession but sorry i do not have information on laptop motherboard repair.
Jestine
Muhammad Aamir Rana
October 22, 2010 at 3:09 pm
good site as much information on this....
gunasekaran
October 26, 2010 at 9:40 am
motherboard no display
shishupal singh Dhangar
October 31, 2010 at 2:11 am
i am your corce intrested pliase send me data
admin
October 31, 2010 at 4:00 am
HI Dhangar,
Sorry i do not have motherboard repair course.
Jestine
mehdy
October 31, 2010 at 5:09 pm
hi
how are you?
i have some damage mainboard and i need somone that can fix my mainboard....can you help me?
admin
November 1, 2010 at 2:55 am
Hi Mehdy,
Sorry, we no longer repair mainboard.
Jestine
Muhammed Subhan
November 7, 2010 at 10:03 am
I do use to repair motherboard by removing all the external part such as memory processor then suck it water with clean.
admin
November 8, 2010 at 3:24 am
HI Muhammed,
May i know what do you mean by suck it water with clean?
Jestine
antonio
November 11, 2010 at 1:36 pm
sir i have musicalkeyboard cazio kw1630
and the motherboard is damage where can i buy a newone
can you teach me how to repair
thanks
admin
November 11, 2010 at 7:22 pm
Hi Antonio,
Sorry no info on this type of board. Guess you may need to check with the casio distributor. Is the board burnt when you said damaged?
Jestine
aljon
November 12, 2010 at 11:05 pm
nice
meena
November 16, 2010 at 12:49 am
this ios very useful to students.....
sathish
November 16, 2010 at 2:57 am
my dear g.. can u teach me some basic service on motherboard
admin
November 16, 2010 at 3:45 am
HI Sathish,
Sorry, I've no longer repair motherboard.
Jestine
k.m. rastey
November 18, 2010 at 2:21 pm
hi sir how r u ? i have my own repairing shop i repaured a t.v monitire ups smps also lcd monitore. i have change vga socket, ps2 socket capasitires etc but one problem in m/b is recentlay become is fan is running but no display will u tell me something about this problem..
admin
November 19, 2010 at 7:56 am
HI K.M,
Sorry i do not understand your question. May i know what is the exact question?
Jestine
Gord
November 26, 2010 at 2:44 pm
Hi there I am the only one in my town who does motherboard repair. Right now I have two PC shops as clients. I started doing it a couple of years ago, practicing on boards I don't care about.
Right now with the economy the way it is, a lot of people don't have $600-$700 to get the latest PC. My rates are reasonable and my clients are more than happy to pay it.
Like the article says, mobo repair makes sense on a fairly new board. At the very most the whole process takes me an hour to do.
The benefit is clients don't have to reinstall Windows, they don't lose their stuff and start over from scratch.
Mr.Ganesh A (Chip Level Teacher-6 Years)
November 28, 2010 at 8:49 am
Dear Students...
Anybody need to learn the Desktop/Laptop Motherboard Chip Level Service,then feel free to mail me.
Email: ganesh_tag@yahoo.co.in
edisonganesh@gmail.com
Best Regards
Ganesh A(INDIA)
Mr.Ganesh A (Chip Level Teacher-6 Years)
November 28, 2010 at 8:56 am
Dear Jestine sir...
Already i have read webpages in your site.They are all great.you have done a great job for students.Really ,I am also proud of you.
thank u sir...
BY Ganesh A (INDIA)
admin
November 29, 2010 at 8:48 pm
HI Gord,
Good sharing and you got a nice website too. Any plan to write an ebook on how to repair motherboard? If you need help i can assist you
Jestine
admin
November 30, 2010 at 7:17 am
Hi Ganesh,
You are welcome! Any Intention to write an ebook on motherboard repair?
Jestine
Amar
December 1, 2010 at 12:44 am
How the computer feeds commans
Sachee pillai
December 1, 2010 at 3:07 am
Hi Jestine Yong
Good morning .
I have Pentium D processor and Intel 865 mother board. Due to power surge the system display is not at coming. even it is not starting , given to service people they verified smps , fan all fine only board and processor gone , they asked me to buy new one .
Pls suggest , is it like that the design , if some capasitors or transistors gone we have to throw the board and buy new one only ?
We cant service the mother board? pls advice where to do service in Chennai , India
Thanks
Sachee Pillai
admin
December 1, 2010 at 10:30 am
HI Amar,
You may need to check from Google because i do not provide theory how motherboard work in details.
Jestine