Owner said the keyboard is not working. He has to connect external keyboard. It also has warning pop-up window asking owner to pay.
A friendly person who took up one of my laptop contacted me that he has a Lenovo T410s. He could see the BIOS settings but could not change them, such as activating the fingerprint device . He asked if I could help to remove the lock. We met on 2...
This HP G62 was listed as below: An item that does not function as intended and is not fully operational, items that require service or repair - HP G62-220ca - Display 15.6" LED - CPU-2.1GHz Athlon II Dual-Core - 2GB DDR3 - ATI Mobility Radeon...
I was interested on this Acer Apire 5517 laptop because it was posted for TLC. I emailed the owner who provided additional details below: ...the only part(s) that *may be needed is a new usb port ...I think that's what this is called, but other...
This HP G42 was listed in below: a HP G42 laptop which worked but one day the screen just went black but the laptop turns on and runs. So now i bought another laptop and this one is up for sale for parts or you can fix it up and you will have a...
This Acer Aspire 9410-2028 came to me on 27Jul2013 without charger and boot up. At home, I used a universal charger to check it out. When I powered it on, it had light but not booting up. I disassembled the laptop. The motherboard did not show any...
This Acer Aspire 11.6" netbook came in on 27July2013. It had a cracked screen. The owner had been looking for screen in reasonable price but did not find one. Next to motherboard, screen is the most expensive part. I tried eBay and Amazon. The...
This Gateway SA6 was brought to me from a lady on 15Jun2013. It belongs to her brother. She wanted to replace the cracked screen and add back the battery charger. Back at home, when I tested it with a universal AC power adapter, it did not power...
I traded in this dv6105us on 2July2013 in Metrotown Library. It was in bad condition. The owner showed me that it could be powered on. It did not have charger, battery and hard drive. On the weekend, I inspected the laptop. The left hinge was...
I traded in this Toshiba A70 laptop on 16May2013. The owner told me that it was just missing the power adapter. When I returned home, I used a universal power adapter to run the laptop. It started up but shut down suddenly in a few minutes. It had...
I traded in the Toshiba A30 on 16May2013. The owner told me that it had missing AC power adapter. It is too heavy for him to carry back to his home country in Africa. At home, I tried to use a universal power adapter to check it. However, the pin...
In the laptops that I fixed, most has no video when there is graphic card problem. In this Dell 6400, it is different. It has video but has duplicated image on the screen.
I picked up this 15" IBM Thinkpad on 10Jul2012 from a student. We met at a restaurant on Hasting street after his summer class. This Thinkpad had a broken screen and a few keys missing. At home, I connected the Thinkpad to an external monitor. The...
This is a newer hp dv2810ca which has 3G RAM and 250GB hard drive. I was interested to see what have been changed inside and bought it. I took the laptop apart. The way to disassemble was same as the previous model. However, when I reached the...
I found this HP zd7000 listing on 15Nov2010. I contacted the owner. He lived near to my house. I went to meet him in the evening. He was wearing a hospital uniform seemed to be just returned from work. He showed me this zd7000 which had 256MB RAM...
I traded in this HP zd7000 laptop on 14 April 2013. The owner had another zd7000 laptop with cracked screen that he bought and intended to swap the motherboard over but did not know how to do it. He provided both to trade with a Sony VAIO working...
The owner works for a doctor who had no use of this notebook and therefore passing it to her. She wanted to give it to her son. However, the wireless connection was not good. The signal had only 1 bar while her other laptops have more in the same...
I traded in this Sony Vaio laptop on 10Mar2013. It is heavy and bulky which is a kind of laptop with fast CPU for desktop replacement. The owner told me that it had no video and gave me an external wireless card. At home, I checked the review...
I traded in this Sony Viao laptop on 14Sep2012 which was described as "a Sony VAIO laptop which had 4 gb ram hybrid harddrive 13.3 " thin. Battery is pretty good as well...It was $2500 laptop ...not sure what happened. ..it stopped working...". At...
When I returned home on 7Dec2012, I saw a dv9000 near the door. I asked my wife. She told me that it was from her friend who took it to a computer repair shop but was told that it could not be fixed. I hadn't encountered this problem before and...
I picked up this Toshiba L300 which had the condition below: "have a broken laptop (toshiba). used it for only 4 months but accidentally dropped it so the screen doesn't work now." Since the laptop was used for 4 months only, it is still quite...
I had this HP G61-420CA on 12Nov2012 which was described as "an hpg61 with 2.5 month old battery that has shut down and won't boot up... ". The owner wanted a smaller netbook for carry it around that he did not bother to get this HP G61 fixed. ...
This Acer Aspire 5535 did not have video when powered on. The owner suspected that the GPU had failure. I disassembled this Acer laptop and found that the fan was clogged with dust. There is a GPU under the heat sink next to the CPU. The GPU had...
I traded in this Apple PowerBook G4 on 29Sep2012. According to the owner, this Powerbook wouldn't boot up sometimes. He provided 2 grey installation discs to me. This was the first Mac that I had chance to try and test. I was eager to take it...
When I picked up this HP Pavillion dv9000 on 31Mar2012, it was described as "no longer works. The monitor doesn't turn on. One of its hinges is broken and we had the ram and hard drives taken out." I inspected this dv9000, the right hinge was...
I have this dv9005ca on 26Aug2012. Physically, the right hinge was broken. When it was powered on, it had lights on the power panel but no video and no sound. The owner wanted to keep the hard drive. I helped him to put the hard drive to an...
This Acer Apire One D250-1821 netbook was listed as below: acer one 10.1 all is wrong with the machine is the screen is broke and has no power cord. looking to sell for 75 bucks as hardly been use I picked it up on 17Mar2012. It could be powered...
I traded in this Dell Latitude C610 in mid July 2012. It had a broken screen and keys were missing on keyboard. The owner requested me to send back the photos inside the laptop when it is working again. To fix this laptop, I ordered a used LCD...
A UBC student asked me if I could help to reflow the video chips on an Acer laptop and on two graphic cards. He dropped them off to my home on 12Sep2012. Over the weekend, I started with the Acer laptop first that I could test the reflow. I...
This HP G62 was traded in in July 2012. It could not be booted up. The keyboard had a missing key. Other than that, the laptop is in good comestic condition. I disassembled the G62 and found that the laptap fan was clogged with dust. My instinct...
This Toshiba A70 was traded in on 23Jun2012 from an IBM T40. It had headphone jack broken and a bit slow. I took the laptop apart and checked the inside. The headphone jack was totally broken. I went through several motherboards that I had and...
With very limited functions, this Asus Eee PC 701 netbook had not been used for years. I bought it on 8April2012 to see if it can be upgraded for video call. I checked this Eee PC 701. It had a small operating system that did not allow adding...
I picked up this IBM T40 on 31Mar2012. The owner lives very near to my office. I went to meet him after work. He gave me the information below to help me fixing it: "It required a numbered card of some kind which we could not figure out. ... the...
I picked up this Acer Aspire One netbook NAV50 on 4April12 to fix it so that it can be reused again. The owner told me that it was not broken at all. It's also in very good condition. The problem is that he broke the space bar. At home, I...
This Toshiba A30 laptop without AC adapter and RAM was picked up on 9April2012. It had been put aside over a year that the owner did not know if her husband had removed the hard drive or not. At home, I checked this Toshiba A30. The CPU is 2.5GHz...
This dv9723ca was stated as ""An HP Pavillion dv9000 that no longer works . The monitor doesn't turn on. One of its hinges is broken and we had the ram and hard drives taken out." I picked it up on 30Mar2012. At home, I checked this laptop for...
This IBM T42 has original status described below: Screen doesn't display images probably due to damaged HXCCFL, other parts working well 14.1" Lcd Screen 1GB of ddr ram 20GB hard drive IBM mouse Dvd, Cd-rw drive Two Batterys, one lasts 4hrs,...
I picked up this HP G60-428CA on 8Mar2012 which was listed below: I have an older Hp laptop (has a broken screen) Is great for someone who builds computers for parts.. or who wants to fix it or whatever.Is approximately 2 years old. I met the...
I picked up this Toshiba A75-5229 from a pizza shop on 23Mar2012 after work. The girl told me that this laptop shut down suddenly after running for 10 minutes. Before shutting down, the fan was very noisy. I told her that I would return the laptop...
This laptop was listed as below: "This laptop will not turn on. I took out the hard drive. If you have any use for it, give me your best offer." I responded to the listing and asked for the model number. With the details provided, I gave my best...
This Dell 700m laptop took over half an hour to start up to the desktop and every mouse click took long time to respond. The hard drive light was always on. I checked the hard drive property. The 40 GB hard drive was almost full. After deleting the...
The listing of this HP DV9000 had 'Dv 9315ca 17" laptop complete but no harddrive . Everything works till the motherboard dead. Battery 2hrs life'. It looked similar to the HP DV9000 that I did a reflow on GPU which is still working at home. I...
I picked up the IBM T43 Thinkpad on 5Jan2012 which was listed below: ThinkPad T43 laptop 1.73ghz 1gb ram with battery and docking station. I have 2 80gb fujitsu ide hard drive that comes with it... tried loading windows but won't work not sure...
I picked up this laptop:Acer Aspire 5102 WLMi on 7 Jan 2012 because it has a spare hard drive that I could use for a Dell 700m laptop. It was listed as follows: Comes with charger and Vista restore DVD) Pros: Dual Core 1.6Ghz AMD Cpu (TL-50)...
This Asus G51VX-RX05 was listed as "15.6in Laptop FOR PARTS. No hard disk. HDMI port fried". It is a gaming laptop. I picked it up on 15Nov2011 after work from a house near my office. The owner showed me the laptop and the fried HDMI port outside....
I picked up this IBM T41 on 25Nov2011 which was listed "Comes with AC adapter, no HD. Issue might be with the mainboard, a fan, or possibly the ribbon connector the display. I don't have the time to fix it, maybe you do? " When I first tested this...
For fixing the T42 Thinkpad with red screen, I bought a LCD from a T40. The seller gave me the LCD together with the T40 which had video problem. Unfortunately, the LCD screen had several white spots that I could not use but the T40 gave me the...
This ASUS EEE 1000HA netbook was listed as "eepc 1000ha for spares or repair no hard drive and non working keyboard, screen is fine, battery and charger included". I picked it up on 15Oct2011 to rebuild. When I returned home, I checked the...
I picked up this IBM T42 Thinkpad on 15 Nov 2011 after work at Brentwood Mall. It was described as "a dead IBM T42 laptop that doesn't boot up. Great for repair or parts". The person sold it to me said that it was a company laptop that his boss...
This lenovo Z61t had an error message "A disk read error occurred Press Ctrl-Alt-Del to restart" at boot up. Pressing Ctrl-Alt-Del gave the same error message again. Running Drive Fitness Test, it gave a disposition code 0x70. I took the hard...
At boot up, this IBM T43 displayed an error message "Fan Error" and shut down automatically. As it was needed in a clinic at weekend, I agreed to help since I was free anyway. I brought along a T42. If I could not fix it on the spot, I might be...
The young person continued to give me an XBox together with a video card for reflows. He had opened the XBox mostly. I did not have difficulty to get the motherboard out of the box. However, the heat sink was clipped very tightly to the...
When the young person picked up the dv9000 for his cousin and the two laptop video cards for reflow on 10 Oct 2011, he gave me another four PC PCI-e video cards to try reflow. I appreciate for his trust. The GPU for video cards has bigger size. I...
The UBC student who sold me the DV6000 motherboard called me to see if I could do reflow for this HP DV9000 and two video cards. I accepted this job because it provided me chance to test re-flow. Opening up this DV9000 was very much the same with...
This IBM G40 Thinkpad was listed as follows: Missing the "A" key - the button itself still works, just the "cap" is missing. Battery is weak/not useful but the power cord is included. I always use it plugged in. CD/DVD drive does not open. I...
The posting below provides the background on this Dell 1525 laptop: "Originally got this laptop as part of the Telus promotion 3 years ago. Not sure of the specs other than it had Windows Vista and I think 1 gb RAM. It worked great until the...
I fixed a T42 Thinkpad which ran but having a power source detection problem. It could not get a new user after listing for a month. To reuse the parts, I found another T42 base unit in Vancouver. I contacted the seller for local pick up to save the...
This IBM T42 Thinkpad had no video on LCD screen but works fine on external monitor. The owner said that the backlight inverter inside the LCD had burnt out. After some email exchange to check out the conditions, he gave me his home address to...
This Acer 1690 laptop described as having keyboard and touchpad problem was listed $80. I contacted the seller that I would buy parts to fit it for someone to reuse. To keep the total cost low, the seller gave me a discount. I got it on 19Feb2011. ...
On my way to meet my daughter, I picked up this IBM T42 Thinkpad on 21Jan2011 from a man wearing a security T-shirt at the entrance of his apartment. His listing had below: KEYBOARD IS FINE, COMES WIT ORIGINAL IBM POWER ADAPTER.THE COMPUTER RUNS...
I picked up this IBM R52 Thinkpad on Dec 7, 2010 in the evening after work. The owner told me that this Thinkpad was for his personal use. After his kid played with it, It could not be powered on. He removed the hard drive but provided the original...
This IBM R51 Thinkpad was locked, without battery and hard drive. It was listed for rebuild. Earlier, when I was fixing an IBM T41 Thinkpad, I read about replacing the security chip to unlock an IBM Thinkpad. In fixing a T40 and a T41, I bought 2...
I used laptops a lot but never had a chance to use tablet until I picked up this HP tx1416ca tablet which had no video on Nov 15, 2010. The first owner told me that his wife didn't use it too often. From the pristine conditions, i.e. no scratches on...
This HP Pavilion entertainment laptop was from a lady living in Vancouver downtown. On Nov 17, 2010, I met her and her boyfriend at the entrance of her apartment of 42 floors high. It was raining and they were just returning from airport with...
This Aspire 5580 was traded in from a graduate student when he picked up the IBM T41 Thinkpad from laptop.shelter. On this laptop, the power button was missing. The student told me that it could not be powered on and he removed the hard drive...
This is a 17" widescreen HP Pavilion entertainment laptop with service tag no. dv9443ca. A lady owned it which failed to work properly. She contacted a computer shop that she was told the motherboard needed replacement. Instead of putting further...
For road trips, I like to have a mini laptop that has GPS, music player, video player and WiFi to internet at motel or hotel for checking emails. If it has touch screen, it will be perfect. I browsed around and selected a Panasonic CF-M34 Toughbook...
I picked up this dv2040ca in May 2010. The cosmetic was good, 9 out of 10. It took me 4 months to get all the parts to refurbish it and restore it to working condition. Before it was fixed, the right hinge cover was missing, the rear bezel behind...
As mentioned in my previous HUB page, I bought a failing IBM T41 to identify the problem in the failed IBM T40. Although the T41 could not be booted up sometime, it was still useful by swapping the motherboard that I could deduce that both the T40...
This HP Compaq Evo n800w Notebook attracted me because it has a fast 2.4 GHz CPU and a high resolution LCD screen of 1600 x 1200. It was owned by a lady before the LCD screen failed to display to her that she had to sell it. The video problem is...
Although I have used several IBM laptops at work, this is the first one that I took it apart and saw the inside. I got this 1.5 GHz IBM T40 which has 512MB RAM and 40G hard driver from a person working close by to my office on 6May2010. We met at...
Two days ago after work, I saw a email from a reader of my HUB page who lives in downtown Vancouver asking if I can do the same to bring the video back on his dv6000. He asked what is the fee. Since I have been doing it as hobby and haven't done...
When I first saw this laptop, I was very delighted that it was in pristine condition. The owner either had been keeping it very well or not using it too much. I believe it was the latter case because he lost the power adapter and the laptop...
My first laptop fixing is a CF-M34 which is more than 10 years old. It is a mini-laptop with touch screen capability which is very rare. Its laptop body is made of the strongest metal to stand for toughest environment. It has a story in internet...
This HP dv2404ca laptop came from a big house in Surrey near to White Rock. When I arrived to the owner's driveway and tried to call him from my cell phone, he waved me in from his window. He led me to his study room which has laptop, printer,...
This HP dv6391eu entertainment laptop has an Arabic keyboard. The owner bought it in Middle East and carried it back to Vancouver for his daughter. When I first met the owner outside his house, he was very eager to show me the laptop and told me...
This HP dv8320ca laptop has 17' widescreen. I picked it up at $50 from a nice house 5 minute drive away from where I live. The owner invited me to go inside his pretty house and showed me the laptop that had video card problem to display high...
I bought this Sony Vaio PCG-V505B from a student at $30. I picked it up because of its CPU being 1.8GHz. However, it did not have hard drive, hard drive connector and power adapter. Some screws were missing including the one holding the keyboard. I...