Laptop Repair Guide – 7 Must-Know Laptop Repair Problems

In order to become a good laptop repair service personnel, or if you want to repair your own laptop, you’re going to need to know the common problems that you’ll encounter. The problems can range from the power source, to the internal hardware.

1. Taking It Apart

Taking the laptop apart can become a major problem to you if you want to fix the internal hardware. This is the first thing that you need to know. If you don’t know how to do it, Google it, because if you do it wrong, you might end up damaging the laptop.

Different brand will require a different way to take it apart.

2. Power source

The power source can also become a common problem. Again, you’re going to need to take it apart to fix this. Sometimes, the adapter or the power jack might become the cause of the problem.

3. Overheating

Fan malfunction or unsuitable working environment (hot environment, no air flow, etc) can become the reasons why your laptop overheated. An overheat computer can shut itself down. So, you’re going to need to ensure the fan is working and you have the suitable working environment. If it keeps overheating, I would suggest you to buy an external cooling fan.

4. Hard drive malfunction

Hard drive can become malfunction if it experiences constant physical and movement shock. However, after the creation of the solid state technology, this problem has been reduced significantly and fewer people now experience this.

5. Cracked Screen

Due to the nature of the laptop mobility, it faces a major screen problem where people sometimes can cause the screen to crack due to the reasons such as unsuitable storage bag. In order to avoid this, store your laptop in a suitable bag and never put any heavy stuff on top of it.

6. Finding The Parts

Let’s say for example you have a hard drive failure. Yours is a SATA hard drive. But because you don’t know what the hardware is and where to find it, you end up buying a different hard drive. It might delay your repair job. Check your local Yellow Pages or the Internet to ensure that you’re aware of the shops.

7. Water Damaged Laptop

Drinking while using the laptop can cause spill to your keyboard or the surrounding areas. This will cause corrosion to your internal hardware and you need to have access to the internal hardware in order to fix it. Therefore, it is advisable not to drink or eat anything when operating the computer.

These 7 common laptop repair problems are the problems that you need to be aware of. By knowing these, it’ll be easier for you to prepare yourself and to repair laptop.