E-Waste Rescue: Can It Be Fixed? #shorts #laptoprepair #pc
A subscriber sent in an Alienware x17 R2 laptop recovered from a university e-waste program. Despite being in great condition, the laptop was dead, with the power button and battery unresponsive. Upon opening it and examining the motherboard, it was discovered that a college student’s attempt to clean and replace the thermal paste had gone wrong. The laptop used a gallium-based liquid metal thermal paste, which had spread everywhere, causing catastrophic damage by shorting out the motherboard. Repair was impossible; replacing the motherboard would cost over a thousand dollars.
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I spent many hours trying to fix this motherboard. I was able to get all the liquid metal cleaned off, but because it shorted out so many components, I was not able to find all the bad chips, which prevented the motherboard from starting. There was no burnt or obvious damage, and I tried every trick I knew, but ultimately, I had to give up. I can’t fix them all.😑
If you have a Dell or Alienware laptop and live in the USA or Canada, you can fill out a service request form at partspeople.com and send it in.
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No you can what linus do to his broken mob (the thermal paste in the cpu socket) clean it with alcohol and let it dry for a time and after that it will work perfectly fine…pls make my comment on top to see it and fix it🎉
If the screen and other parts like fans keyboard work they can go for parts
Hi can you send the laptop to me.