Causes of breaking down

I could bet serious amounts of money on that everyone owning a laptop either had one break or are about to. These things are not made for eternity and are subject to tear and wear as well as to intentional and unintentional damage. The most often breaking parts are the ones that move or can be opened, meaning cpu cooler fans, hard disk drives, optical drives and doors hiding external ports. You could literally say broken laptop if one of these fall off obviously, but the term mostly refers to the whole unit stopping to work. Other damage laptops are prune to is spilled liquids. You and I included people just can’t stop having their coffee and tea next to their laptops these days, work is just that important. What we don’t realize is that an accidental tipping of the cup can result in serious data loss and permanent damage to the hardware. $1200 for a coffee is pretty steep right? There are other kinds of ways a laptop can break, ones that are not so obvious. For example, have you thought of humidity? High humidity itself can be a pain to bear, but condensing water in your laptop is not what you’d want. If the room you are using your notebook in is dripping wet of moisture, you’d better buy a dehumidifier too for a few bucks as it can prolong the life of your stuff.

Possible solutions

First thing to do if you hear crackling noises coming of your laptop or strange beeps on startup, or strange artifacts appearing on the screen is to turn it off as soon as possible. Take the battery or batteries out too to make sure the motherboard is not under voltage. Once you’ve done this, methods of repair depends on the nature of damage done. If it’s liquid you probably are better off taking it to the specialists, if people are making a living repairing notebooks they can’t be that bad right? They might have higher rate of success bringing the laptop back to life than you with zero prior knowledge on disassembling a device this complicated. If you have done it before, just take it apart use electronic component cleaner and after cleaning the parts let them dry. If you’ve dropped your laptop and you suppose it could be broken, take it to the repair service. You probably can’t mend broken circuitry, things need to be changed. I’m saying this because a broken laptop that has been tampered with can lose its warranty or the fixing can cost you more and take longer. If you suspect that the device might be overheating you can try to blow dust out of the device with compressed air. Always turn the computer off before attempting this as compressed air can held in the wrong direction can condensate after leaving the container and that shorts things inside the notebook and we really don’t want to cause more damage than the original problem. Data recovery is a completely different service with pretty steep prices compared to a simple change of a component in your computer, make sure you always have backup.

Cost of repairing your device

An hour in the service is about 15-20 dollars, and a more complicated problem can take up to 2-5 hours to fix, plus you will pay for the spares. If you need data recovery, that bumps the final bill with a fat $200 to $500. I just simply can’t repeat it enough, save your data regularly.
If your device has warranty and you are completely sure you haven’t done anything that voids it, including opening the casing, dropping it, spilling liquid over it, you should contact the manufacturer on their helpline first. They will help you out with addresses of official repair points or send someone to collect your broken laptop and take it for a spin.

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