Repair Shop Said $400 to Fix This Laptop

That repair shop should be ashamed of themselves - name and shame!

I am a subscriber of your channel. Can you please please make a video on how to fix a short circuit on a laptop's motherboard. Please, pretty please

There are many absurdities in the paid repair method of established official service centers. They are adopting a method of replacing the entire motherboard, which only requires replacing a single $0.1 part. If they are making absurd profit margins, they will not even return the old motherboard to the customer after replacement.

Buy a laptop with a daughterboard. It has the power input on it, and costs around $10.

its a shame that manufactor dont have to list all parts they used. this lenovo design ist older than stoneage, most likely they use the same components since day one and reuse these from generation to generation. 2 cent part leads to "400 bucks" repair. or for an real expert an hour research and work. 80-100 bucks in germany for an normal work hour.

use farbics glue tape for isolatig cooling system

Lmao the laptop companies will never sell the the buttons sadly, why sell it for $.25 when the customer can buy a whole new laptop for $400 /s

Not to undermine your otherwise cool work but realistically people need to understand that amounts in the hundreds of bens for almost ANY repair is legit.
I don't know how it's running where you are but as a electronics repairsman our converted rates billed to the customer are around 70$ the hour and while we're not the kind to also bill any light consumables this doesn't yet include any components we'd need to replace. But said hourly amounts will apply to disassembly/reassembly of the device (which is more often than not a pain with laptops), diagnosis, the actual repair which might lead to further diagnosis and repairs, they'll include actual work hours my boss pays me, shop expenses, equipment used, an insurance and legal taxes...
We personally only charge for the actual time we've worked (to the quarter), but we give prior approximations and I know in some countries giving a precise amount upfront is mandatory and if I had to I would certainly never ask any less than 400$ for ANY repair concerning a laptop if I want to keep any chances to live up to our warranty on the long run...
People underestimate how truly time consuming it is, even finding and sourcing parts can take ages, which is still something a qualified worker must do, because you fail to mention how much time it really takes for you to fix it all steps considered and how much that amount of qualified work truly weighs on the work market (A LOT) before you let people jump to any conclusions concerning value...

i have a yoga too but fortunately my power button's default position is already flush to the chassis, so less likely to face the issue that josiah did

sound like you need to invest in a 3D printer for little things just like that button

Anybody have any idea why a Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 3 Chromebook would suddenly have a dead left arrow key? Rebooting and "power washing" (factory reset) did nothing. I only tried the factory reset when asked to try it by Lenovo support.

A button????? The whole mf Motherboard? wtf?

Computers are very disposable now

HEY I VE GOT THE same laptop my hinge got broken on its attachement on the top right attach in order of the pressure that i didnt notice it got touchscreen broken any idea hoow can i repair it at lowest charges ?

I recently was in the market for a new laptop and really liked the Lenovo Yoga 7i with the i7 and rtx 3050 6gb and the 2.5k 90hz IPS touch screen. BUT I did not like the power button being on the side like that. It just seemed like it would be a weak point. It looks like I might have been right. What I was worried that it could be damaged carrying it around in my backpack. Im really careful with my stuff but that just seems like a bad idea having it exposed at all times.

I really enjoy these laptop repair videos. I like the console videos too. But these other devices are a nice addition. Keep up the great work.

3D Printer :P

The additional pad at the back might be to brace the button against the external force that could rip it off.

I mean the cost to the shop to diagnose was probably 100 dollars, add to that labor and searching for and ordering the correct part, not just trying something found on an old junk board. With a parts mark up. That was probably a fair enough price for the repair. They have to guarantee the work and when it fails next month....

Repaie shops are not always right,i once went and wanted to see if i could fix my old laptop because when i turned on it wouldnt show all the blue lughts only 1 instead of 3 and they said its because of the screen, i disconnected the screen and still what will that prove by changing to a new screen? Just tryna get money out of you

To be fair to this ‘repair shop’ the only reason you were able to do the repair was because you happened to have a donor board with an exact/similar switch. If that were not the case you would have looked to buy a replacement switch, found you couldn’t and having to conclude that it could not be repaired or that you would have to buy a complete replacement board.

I won’t left them off the hook completely though because they did not replace all the screws which is lazy and negligent.

30$ to repair a hdmi port in my country..

I have a degree in electronics. The repair shop is 100% backed or at the very least subsidised by the contractor that has a contract with the brand laptop.

I hope that repair shop goes out of business.

Hiw mutch time get you to fix this? Cost of running shop, employes....ect.... i thik thats they want new MB. And alsk they need save varanty for repair. So this is not 25c. 😐

I love when he is replacing HDMI conectors 😊

You should buy 3d printer for small connectors and plastic pieces

The way this guy positions his camera and never makes eye contact with the audience, paired with his singular facial expression in every video makes him look like an NPC

Had a repair shop charge me 350$ after they said they couldn't find the problem. Was a simple fix that their own paperwork said they solved on the free look over

I seriously love this channel!

450 dollars lol thats crazy but thats how it goes usally. they would just replace the whole motherboard or if they choose not to work the whole laptop and say they fixed it jesus repairs are just scams to be honest well most of them anyway

Planned obsolescence for sure. A switch so delicate

Am I the only one confused by a laptop having a power button on the side?

This dude is great..

manifacturers wants you to buy a new motherboard, rather than fixing it.
They need to pay those bonuses to their CEOs.... hahaha

The board can be repaired but my question is how long will it last? My experience is that when you do circuit level repairing, the thing starts giving another issue within few months.

I'm halfway to the video and 2 months late but I came down the comments just to say that Lenovo has parts number/price and how it's supposed to look if you type the laptop serial number on their site.

Repaired like a Boss

Most shop not repair shop but change parts shop..

Nice video but sorry, that was waaaaaaay too much thermal compound

A repair shop that doesn't solder is no repair shop at all.

Since rise of Aliexpress repair shop or repairman can purchase a box of random micro push buttons for peanuts. $400 for power button replacing? Well, if someone is ready to pay such amount to me, I can replace the button for him :)
By the way state of button he replaced indicate that one who meddled witth a button before, hadn't proper tools for microsoldering. Flux choice matters too.

Some repair shops are absolute scammers.

What would you charge for it if not 450? Just curious.

50 dollars works asked 450 a solid ripe of

Repair shops are either super cool and nice or complete scam artists

legend! :>

What prying tool would you suggest using from ifixit pro tech toolkit for laptops without damaging the plastic

Typical of the mentality these days. Broken power button = a whole new motherboard. It’s like with modern cars. Dent the wing and they say “oh yeah - a whole new door for that mate.” Ridiculous.