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How to test if your motherboard is bad
#1
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Dear All,

I would like to ask you, could you explain to me (teach me) the best and easiest way to test any motherboard(Laptop or Desktop PC) using multi-meter or any tool like multi-meter? I will be happy to hear from you, like always. Thank you in advance.

Have a great day,
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#2
I would say less than 5% of computer technicians in the UK know this skill set. People just turn up with a screw driver set and all of a sudden they are a computer tech. 

There is not a certified standard to say you are qualified computer repair technician. There is A+ which teaches you about computer hardware and operating system software. But most of that will not teach you how to repair a computer.

The best way to learn computer repair is to repair old computers, you can buy old computers that don't work on Ebay and fix them with the intention of selling them with a profit, that way you learn something and make a little money at same time or try and get a job with a computer repair tech to learn the ropes. I would not suggest you start to learn computer repair by opening a shop and learn at the cost of the customer. I have seen computer tech's misdiagnose a computer problem and make the customer foot the bill for there mistake.  

Believe it or not, computer repair is not easy when done right. So to test your motherboard is a huge leap forward if you are not a computer repair tech and it will take some time to learn the ropes.

Options:

1. Q. Buy a brand new motherboard? 
    A. Very expensive and sometimes not worth it.
2. Q. Buy a secondhand motherboard from Ebay. 
    A. Very hard to know if its a know good motherboard. Make sure its from a reliable source and tell customer its a secondhand motherboard. Not always ideal.
3. Q. Can my motherboard be fixed? 
    A. Yes it sure can, don't know how? use and company's like
trade laptop repair  Cost £60 Fixed Fee, there is still room to make a small profit if you ship out the repair to someone else who knows what they are doing.
4. Q. Can I do it myself? 
    A. You can if you know what your doing. Its a steep learning curve. You will need 
schematic diagram for make of that motherboard. Multi meter and knowledge of finding and fixing the fault. A spectrum analyzer can be handy also, but not always necessary. 

Forget the rest of content you find on testing motherboards.

Here is a proper way to test for a dead a motherboard and fault finding.





Prices for computer repairs are falling, this does not mean you are getting the proper job done on your repair. Keep your prices to what you think you are worth and stick to them. Not making any money? look at your options, is your area flooded with computer repair shops? its going to be hard for you.

I think the laptop computer repair is going away. we live in a throw away world and laptops are becoming cheaper and cheaper. Would you spend £150 to £180 to repair a £300 or £400 laptop? what are you worth? £80 to strip a laptop down and repair it? its a lot of work for little money. You have to pick up laptop and strip it down, diagnose it, find and order parts, put it back together and sometime drop it off to customer. Pay you tax and put up with customer attitude.   

Good luck.
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#3
Hi Brian,

Thank you so much for your great explanation, its now clear for me I have a lot of old stuff here around service I will play with them. Thank you so much.

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