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Desktop & Laptop Repairs – A Comparison

Lap­tops & note­books do have some seri­ous draw­backs, though. A lap­top will always cost more than a com­pa­ra­ble desk­top. In addi­tion, lap­tops will never per­form as well as an equally rated desk­top. Lastly, note­book repair always cost more than desk­top repairs.

In gen­eral, lap­tops will always cost more than a desk­top sys­tem when repairs become nec­es­sary. Most desk­top sys­tems, even the branded ones, use fairly uni­ver­sal parts. With a few mod­i­fi­ca­tions, an off the shelf ATX desk­top moth­er­board can be fit­ted to prac­ti­cally any name brand com­puter. Lap­top man­u­fac­tures, how­ever, never devel­oped any kind of stan­dard. In fact, it’s not unusual for even one par­tic­u­lar lap­top brand to have hun­dreds of dif­fer­ent mod­els with thou­sands of dif­fer­ent parts. Due to this wide diver­sity, a replace­ment lap­top moth­er­board can eas­ily cost $400 while a com­pa­ra­ble desk­top board might not cost more than $100.

At the lap­top repair shop we see a wide range of com­mon lap­top repairs. The three most com­mon we see have to do with dim screens, bro­ken power jacks, and spilled liq­uid in the key­board. Dim screens are gen­er­ally caused by just a cou­ple of faulty com­po­nents. Most repair shops want to replace the entire screen at a cost of $400 or more. How­ever, the lap­top repair shop can deter­mine whether the CCFL light has gone bad and if it has your repair cost would just be $195, parts and labor included. Other times, the inverter may be caus­ing the prob­lem. This type of repair can cost as lit­tle as $100, a far cry from a $400 screen. Of course if your screen is actu­ally cracked and bro­ken, then you have no choice but to replace the screen.

Bro­ken lap­top power jacks have been an increas­ing prob­lem for lap­top users. Many folks are not care­ful when their lap­top is plugged into its adapter and may yank the cord out of the lap­top. I have seen this prac­tice break the power jack on lap­tops. In the past the only solu­tion was to replace the entire lap­top moth­er­board. How­ever, in recent times third party ven­dors have been sell­ing replace­ment jacks that can be sol­dered on to the orig­i­nal moth­er­board. This type of repair is not for the faint of heart, how­ever the lap­top repair tech­ni­cians at lap­top repair shops have been trained on this skill and can replace prac­ti­cally any jack for $195 sav­ing you up to 50% off the cost of a new motherboard.

It’s so easy to do. Your work­ing on your lap­top at your desk drink­ing cof­fee and bam, the mug gets docked over into your key­board. First off, don’t panic. Use your power switch to imme­di­ately turn off the lap­top and then flip it upside down and let the liq­uid drain out. At this point, I would not even try to power it back on until it is dry, 4–6 hours. Most likely you will find that key­board no longer works. The good news is this is gen­er­ally the least expen­sive type of lap­top repair. Lap­top key­boards can some times be as cheap as $100 installed.

Although the lap­top repair shop can fix prac­ti­cally any lap­top prob­lem, it is impor­tant to remem­ber that most lap­top parts are spe­cial order and may take 3 to 7 days to get them in. If you are hav­ing a lap­top repair prob­lem, visit — http://​ser​vice​.ztron​ics​.com

Author is a pro­fes­sional Lap­top repair expert. He has the pro­fi­ciency and expe­ri­ence in repair­ing almost all top lap­top mod­els includ­ing — Acer, Alien­ware, Dell, Gate­way, HP, Lenovo, Sony, Toshiba. He spe­cial­izes in Sony Lap­top Repair, Toshiba Lap­top Repair.

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1 comment to Desktop & Laptop Repairs – A Comparison

  • There are many things that are very much dif­fer­ent in lap­tops com­pared to the desk­top com­put­ers. It is very easy to repair a desk­top than lap­top. Lon­don com­puter repair helps in repair­ing your com­puter sys­tem in a very easy manner.

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