100% repair of Laptop & Desktop Motherboard

[santapg]

Hi! i am Sandip Golani from kolkata India, Engaged in chip Level Repairing & Troubleshooting Of Laptop & Desktop Motherboard, If Any Board User have any problem in laptop or desktop hardware or software pls feel free to write in this forum. I will answer to all questions.

Thank Board

Sandip Golani

[Sourabh]

Keep checking the Mobile Monsters forum section regularly, as that's where laptop discussions go.

[freshseasons]

Originally Posted by santapg

Hi! i am Sandip Golani from kolkata India, Engaged in chip Level Repairing & Troubleshooting Of Laptop & Desktop Motherboard, If Any Board User have any problem in laptop or desktop hardware or software pls feel free to write in this forum. I will answer to all questions.

Thank Board

Sandip Golani

Does this advice come free of cost, as in like typing here and you appear like a genie and helping us ...!
So many thanks in advance.This world needs more people like you.

[ajayritik]

SantapG thanks for your offer to help! I have an old computer which aint working now! When I took it to a nearby hardware engineer he checked it and informed that the motherboard is not working and is dead. Do we have any method to find out if the motherboard is gone? If at all my motherboard is not functioning what could be the possible reasons and how can we fix it?

[Charan]

This is good.Vendors and troubleshooters should visit this form often. Welcome to the forum Sandip.

[The_Devil_Himself]

Wow we certainly need more people like him.Welcome dude.And be assured you will have enough queries to answer here.

[santapg]

I can also repair computer motherboard.Any type problem in your computer motherboard just inform me, i tale you some tips with this forum.

[ajayritik]

santapg, I have already given you my question posted here. I have a problem with my motherboard. What are the suggestion from you regarding this?

[Choto Cheeta]

@santapg

Hello,

Welcome to the forum, glad to know u are willing to share your information... as you are related to repairs to Laptops, can u suggest few tips for those who are looking for Second Hand Laptops in range of Rs. 10k... what to look if one wants to buy a Second Hand Lappy...

??

[Cool G5]

Welcome Sandip to the forum.
Nice to see you on the forum.

[786]

Welcome Sandip, it's really nice of you to help out people having problems with their motherboards, so from me, a big THANKUUU

[bikdel]

man its good to have one like you in the forum but lemme ask..... dont you think u have to be a bit more active, online, responsive to handle the job of answering the queiries well???

[ax3]

@Sandip Golani ........ its great u have joined this FORUM ....... thanx ......

[vish786]

Welcome to forum... hope u do more work then talking.

[max_demon]

Welcome SantapG , i have no problems now , but will ask you as soon as my motherboard's warrenty is gone . i have replaced my M/B 3 times just because of silly problems

hope you can help

btw Welcome to DIGIT Forum

[santapg]

Many Many Thanks to all the members who have replied....to my post thanks to ThinkDigit forum too...who have given me the pleasue to serve the members...one of the member has said wether service is free or not...advice is all free. if i repair ofcourse it will be chargable.

Second hand laptop in the group of PIII are available for Rs. 9000 - 13000 but my suggestion will be to go for a new one because until and unless u can check it up fully is very difficult.

Thanks All Members

I will soon post tips for keeping laptop upto date by Wed. this week.

[Choto Cheeta]

By the way,

Happy Birthday

[Harvik780]

@santapg
Welcome to this forum hope u have a pleasant time here.

I have the following configuration for a pc i use to download and surf
Mobo-MSI-MS6367 nforce with AGP 4X
Processor-Athlon XP 2400+ @2.00Ghz
Ram-1GB DDR two 256MB DDR 266MHz and DDR 333MHZ and One 512MB DDR 333MHZ
Graphics-Chaintech Geforce 6600 256MB AGP 8X video card
I have the following problem-
Whenever I move the cabinet a bit the monitor shuts down and i have to switch off the pc and re adjust the Graphics Card in the AGP 4x slot.Any help.Also the video card fan has started making noise from the past few days even on boot,it seems chaintech uses low quality components.

[hullap]

I will post sum probs in some time
BTW
Happpy Birthday

[santapg]

It seems the grounding connection to u r computer from the mains is disconnected, therefore electrical noise is creating problem, check u r earthing

Sandip Golani

Don't leave your battery unused for long periods of time. Even if you use AC power most of the time, use the battery regularly to keep it in good condition. Switch off your AC adapter when the laptop is not in use. This prevents overcharging.
To extend battery life, you can try decreasing the LCD brightness while using your notebook. You can activate the `Standby' and `Hibernation' power­ saving modes, too, for better battery life, you can put off the Wi-Fi when not in use.
If you do not use your laptop for extended periods of time-a week or more ­remove the battery pack from the laptop, but only after discharging it fully.
No eating and drink­ing near or around your laptop. The least bit of water could short-circuit some sensitive laptop circuits, and render it useless.
You may sometimes be tempted to turn your laptop off by simply holding down the power button until it powers down. Although quick, this method is harmful to the laptop and could cause data loss. A hard reboot should only be used as a last resort. Sometimes this is inevitable, for instance, when Windows hangs. But this should not be a regular practice.
Don't subject your laptop to jerks and shocks. This will help avoid damage to your hard drive. Preferably, power the notebook off before moving it from one place to another.
External peripherals and accessories such as external opti­cal drives, PC cards and USB keyboard lights draw power from the notebook. Disconnect such devices when not in use.
Booting the notebook when it is not connected to a power source draws a lot of power from the battery. Instead of shutting down your laptop in the middle of a meeting, choose the `Suspend' mode if you wish to use it again after just a short interval. This will save battery and help you restart your work faster.
If you have just shut down your laptop, give it 30 seconds before you start it up again. This ensures that the hard drive has spun down, and is not subjected to sudden switching on and off.
Don’t put on the laptop keeping of cloth or bed because generally the air flow is from bottom, regular doing so may reduce the life of laptop circuit.
Don’t press very hard the laptop keyboard because, if damaged can cost very high, therefore while playing game use external keyboard.

In Case u want to mail me ur problems my e-mail address is info@compudrivesystem.com

Sandip Golani

[santapg]

Wait till monday and then purchase the laptop.

Sandip Golani

[santapg]

• Laptop is used to carry from place to place…so people who travel a lot must think of the weight of the laptop.
• Every battery has a lifetime. So going for a Laptop with hardly any battery backup is not suggested. Minimum of 45 minutes battery backup is very necessary. So while purchasing the secondhand laptop please keep in mind to check the laptop only on battery for minimum 30 minutes and also keep an eye on battery usage indicator.
• Carry with yourself an audio, video & Blank CD/DVD so that u can check the audio section and video section of the laptop including the CD/DVD read/write test.
• Run the scandisk utility available in all versions of windows and check for bad sector in hard disk.
• Take with yourself any external device like thumb drive to test the USB port.
• Take with yourself SD memory card to test Card Reader (If the option is available on the laptop)
• Take any good floppy to test the floppy drive (Any how current Laptops are not coming with Floppy Drive)
• Take an external headphone and microphone to test the external audio port.
• Attach the laptop to the external monitor to check the external VGA port is working or not.
• Open any word file and check all the keys are working or not.
• Check for battery charging for 5 to 10 minutes and see the battery indicator is showing charging.
• Press the window and the break keys on the keyboard and see the amount of RAM and CPU details. Further chick the hardware option and then the Device manager to see all driver are installed or not. There should be no Exclamation mark.
• Slide the LCD screen slowly on the hinges and check any flicker on the display if so there may be a problem on the connector cable driving the LCD circuit of the laptop.
• Also check the Modem, Bluetooth & Wi-Fi Port if available on your laptop to be purchased (Do only if you know) I will be writing on these subject next.
• Check the laptop minimum for 45 minutes to see whether laptop hangs or restarts or shutdowns.
• See the Laptop User manual and Driver CD are there with the Laptop.
• See that u get a laptop carry case, otherwise u have to purchase one.
• If all the conditions meets out OK and within your budget just go for it.
• Happy LAPTOPing.

[santapg]

What happened no member comment on my article on guide to purchase second hand laptop. After reading please leave your comment so that i get energy to write further.

Sandip Golani

[Choto Cheeta]

I have one question...

If you read the charger it says between 110v to 240v.... now one thing all vendors here at Kolkata say when you by a notebook, dont charge it on Genrator or Inverter power !!!

As you are in this feild please tell me are todays moderm notebooks can be charged on inverter / Generator power ?? the question is not only about Notebook charger, I was adviced dont run the TV on generator because of flactuating voltage, while my 7 year old Philips power vission is running quote fine on generator or under inverter !!!

So please shade some light on it !!

thnx...

[santapg]

Nice to have your question and nice that u r from kolkata because i belong to the same place.

Now Power supply from generator or Invertor generally voltage is OK But the concerned factor is the frequncy and the wave shape of the output what we get is not sine wave and even not 50 hertz, so therefore we should not run any hi ended electronics devices on such available power supply. But there are cases where u have no choise, then one can take the risk.

Sandip Golani

[AMITAGARWAL02]

Originally Posted by santapg

Hi! i am Sandip Golani from kolkata India, Engaged in chip Level Repairing & Troubleshooting Of Laptop & Desktop Motherboard, If Any Board User have any problem in laptop or desktop hardware or software pls feel free to write in this forum. I will answer to all questions.

Thank Board

Sandip Golani

I have 17 Gb hard disk with me and it is not detecting.
I have removed that hard disk from computer and kept it in a safe place.

is there any way hard disk cna be replaired.
it is not deteced in bios.

[gary4gar]

Welcome to forum santapg
Its good to have you here.

Regards,
Gary

[subratabera]

Nice informative thread....

Here is one request...

Can you please post motherboard beep signal codes which signals different faults of motherboard...and how to interpret them...

Thanks in advance...

Subrata Bera.

[santapg]

Thanks to all the members who feel the information is informative. Thanks for giving me tropic to write also i will love to write any thing related to motherboard, Laptopor electronics....its 16 years spended in chiplevel repairing and also imparting training on the same subject.

I will write the tropic on motherboard troubleshooting.

Sandip Golani

[sanjay_111]

Originally Posted by santapg

Hi! i am Sandip Golani from kolkata India, Engaged in chip Level Repairing & Troubleshooting Of Laptop & Desktop Motherboard, If Any Board User have any problem in laptop or desktop hardware or software pls feel free to write in this forum. I will answer to all questions.

Thank Board

Sandip Golani

Sandip,

Your message could be a godsend for me. I have a problem which is really bothering me !

I have a presario SR 1930 IL. It had 512 MB memory as supplied by Compaq. I put another 1 GB memory (same frequency) in the second slot. The computer does not read second memory, it keeps showing 512 MB only.

However, when we removed 512 MB, it worked fine with 1 GB RAM. We tried all sorts of things such as changing the slots etc. In between, it started showing both memories. After about 5 - 6 days, the 1 GB disappeared again !

Thinking it is a compatibility problem only, I ordered another identical 1 GB memory. Again, it is showing only one memory of 1 GB. It does not read both memories. I am at my wit's end.

I am now running the computer with one 1 GB RAM, in the slot which NOT read if both memories are there. It seems to be running OK right now as I type it.

It is really bothering me. Can you help ? I am in Kolkata too and we can talk if u like. If you leave a msg, I will give u a call.