So my brother recently got his laptop fixed - his audio jack had something jammed in it which couldn't be removed without removing the jack. We gave the laptop to some mainstream laptop repair company (in New Zealand) and after we got it back, in 6 hours the laptop died. It powered on, but did not show anything on the display at all. We gave the laptop back to the repairers, thinking they could have broken it while repairing it, but they denied any wrong doing because they gave it back to us in working condition. They determined that the fault was in the GPU, but then changed their mind that it was a problem with the mobo (nothing specific) and charged us $300 to replace it (which we refused)
What I'm thinking: REPAIR FRAUD. Could it be possible that they overclocked and over volted the cpu or the gpu to something ridiculous that it just killed itself in 6 hours time, and if they did, is there a way to check the laptop of any overclocking records on the HDD? Any suggestions/recommendations would be appreciated, its a really frustrating matter. Thanks!
Very few laptops can have their CPU overclocked and if the GPU was overclocked and failed then you would have been able to see that through artifacts.
In reality there are 3 options, Something wasnt properly put back in, It happens. laptops are a pain to dissemble and rebuild. Just the other day I had a laptop that came in working, After fixing the minor problem of a blocked exaust fan, Rebuilt it and it wouldnt power on.
Second option is a dead power supply. Again it happens, I have been through 5+ power supplies in the last 1.5 years and well. They break.
Third option is something died. It was going to die and well, Cant blame them for it.
In reality while NZ repair services are very dodgy, They probly dont have the money to buy a GPU to test to see if it is. Laptops and all in ones are hard to troubleshoot. Struggle with it every day. Hell even some desktops are a pain (Having to do a complete replacement of a desktops guts because its faulty and cant fail it on site so cant determine what the fuck is failing.
So if you need a second opinion, I can give you the contact details of my business, its not exactly cheap but you get what you pay for. Its a second opinion. (It is located in Auckland) We dont screw people over. We have plernty of tools to test your laptop but if the previous repair shop is correct, You might have to pay up for new components (If possible, Sounds like you have a high end gaming laptop with a nvidia GPU?) or just buy a new laptop. They die. And if its older than a year, There is nothing you can really do about it if its dead.
Thanks for the Feedback! Yeah its definitely not a high end laptop, some $700 acer laptop. And yeah its more than a year old so replacing the mobo would definitely not be worth it. I just thought it sounded a little suspicious that it would break so quickly after it being repaired, when it ran with no problems for more than a year. Will tell my bro to get a new pc. Thanks again!
I sent my E55d-AST2N01 back to toshiba for a faulty CPU cooler. and once I got it back the trackpad didnt work. It was like it was unpluged or something during the reapir. and about a week later my left USB 2.0 port went out. I kinda sorta feel you pain. My laptop didnt die but i can its demise in the immenet future.