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I am thinking of adding laptop repair in my shop.

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Lifer
I am an A+ tech who has had a computer repair shop for 7 years. I do basic laptop repair like change hard drives, add memory, etc.
I was thinking of expanding to replacing mobos, cpus, maybe lcd's.
Can anyone give me some advice how to obtain schematics, where to get parts, etc.
Thanks for any help.
 
WE have worked the past two years repairing Dell laptops for our students. We have done computer repair for the past 7 years. We got the repair manuals off eBay for Dell, HP, IBM, Sony etc. The repair services were charging too much for their work, and since we were ordering Inspiron 600m's for our students; it made good sense to repair the notebooks ourselves.
The laptop replacement of lcd's is ok for some, but very involved for others. There are some outlets that have good prices for lcds. You must consider the time involved because it could be more than affordable. With the prices dropping, (unless you're retired like me) buying a new replacement would be best.
If your time isn't a factor and you love to tinker, like me; then go for it. Always give a quote first, before one does any repairs; has been my credo. The best thing we have done for our students, is to make clones of their HDDs. 30GB-40GB laptop HDD are so cheap nowadays. It sure saves a lot of anquish and pain.
We use Norton Ghost a lot in our cloning efforts and our clients are very satisfied. You can get the HDDs and offer that service for all your clients. Less work, better profits and doing a common good.
 
fortunately, a lot of laptop manufacturers are making it much easier to do it yourself. for that reason, it shouldn't be too difficult to extend your repair shop to allow for laptops, but it is important to note that older laptops are made in a way that it's not necessarily easy to get to the LCD or to the video card, etc. i found great documentation on how to change my ibook's CD-ROM drive, but it's 18 pages long. by the way, pbfixit is a great site for portable macs.
 
Originally posted by: pkme2
With the prices dropping, (unless you're retired like me) buying a new replacement would be best.
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I'd agree for mobo/LCD replacements since at minimum those parts will cost a few hundred, and you'll still have an old-but-working notebook when another hundred or two will get a new one - and this isn't even counting labor costs. Only way this makes financial sense is if you can score the parts for cheap on Ebay.
Always give a quote first, before one does any repairs; has been my credo.
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Some areas require price quotes. I recall having to license our shop with the state of California. We got a booklet with guidelines such as having to give written estimates and having some fine print on our service orders.
 
Thank you very much for this info. You all have been very help full and I really appreciate it.
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