LENOVO MAINBOARD HELP

johnny7511 · 20 Mar 2017 at 19:49

Hi guys my lenovo desktop LN H50-55 A10 2T 12G W8.1 GB ] just stopped working its only 15months old sent it back to lenovo they told me
LV PC LABOR INCL LOGISTIC £34.56
LV PC MAINBOARD £126.89
LV PC HDD 54.55
LV PC VARIOUS SPARE PARTS6.83
FINAL AMOUNT 267.40
is there any way of fixing this cheaper any help would be great guys

adrichardson81 · 20 Mar 2017 at 20:09

It really depends whether you're up to fixing it yourself or have a friend who could help out. It's hard to say whether the prices for the parts are reasonable or not without knowing more detailed specs. Labour costs aren't bad if they're going to rebuild it onto a new mobo and reinstall Windows.

Bear in mind that you could buy a new desktop for what they're quoting for the repairs...

ED209 · 20 Mar 2017 at 20:24

How much did you pay for the PC originally? are they quoting you for a new HDD as well as a new mobo?

you maybe able to source the mobo cheaper if you can replace it.

edscdk · 20 Mar 2017 at 20:28

The chances the hdd is faulty as well as the mobo are 1000 to one.. They are ripping you off, what was the exact fault?

adrichardson81 · 20 Mar 2017 at 20:48

edscdk said:
The chances the hdd is faulty as well as the mobo are 1000 to one.. They are ripping you off, what was the exact fault?

That was my thought, though I've worked on enough HP/Lenvo machines over the years that it wouldn't be a huge surprise...

When it died, did anything happen? Loud pop, funny smell, magic smoke escaping?

edscdk · 20 Mar 2017 at 21:18

adrichardson81 said:
That was my thought, though I've worked on enough HP/Lenvo machines over the years that it wouldn't be a huge surprise...

When it died, did anything happen? Loud pop, funny smell, magic smoke escaping?

A pop and smoke is most likley the power supply, never seen a psu blow and break other components (fixed a few 100 pc's)..

Habakkuk · 20 Mar 2017 at 21:58

Pop and magic smoke has happened when frying a hard drive for me :/

I think it's the power supply as well - try getting a replacement PSU, and use it with the battery removed (if possible).

johnny7511 · 20 Mar 2017 at 22:22

it was around £450 from pc world the computer screen started to freeze had to hold down the power button to restart when restarted got the text no signal

adrichardson81 · 20 Mar 2017 at 22:59

Ok - did you get any message at all when you pressed power again? If there was nothing whatsoever, did any of the lights come on?

I've just had a look at the manual (here) and I wouldn't waste time trying to fix it yourself. The motherboard looks like it uses custom power connectors, so you couldn't use an off the shelf replacement.

The motherboard seems to go for crazy prices on the bay, so your options are either to pay Lenovo to fix it (assuming they can guarantee that both the motherboard and the hard drive are faulty and no other parts are needed) or put the money towards a replacement (you can pick up an HP 280 G2 for not much more than they're quoting for the repair).

johnny7511 · 21 Mar 2017 at 11:35

No message no lights just no signal just back from the computer repair shop his advice was new motherboard around £200 new pc or claim it of my house insurance

linktoinsanity · 21 Mar 2017 at 16:32

They are ripping you off. Get it back, would recommend you try troubleshooting it yourself. We're here to help.

Habakkuk · 22 Mar 2017 at 19:01

That price is around half of the cost of a new system - turn them down, and troubleshoot it yourself.

edscdk · 23 Mar 2017 at 07:24

its a shame its still £200, should be a case of bang in new mobo, power on... £70 part + 50 labour.... if its windows 10 its 99% sure just to book and work as well.... get a mobo try and fix yourself? if you were in Oxfordshire id say get the mobo and ill install for you if you come to me.

johnny7511 · 14 Apr 2017 at 16:54

Hi guys do i fix the pc or do i buy a new pc i have around £300 to spend could i get a new pc for that price
cheers

brendy · 14 Apr 2017 at 16:59

Keep an eye on auction sites, parts for all sorts pop up regularly.

mattyfez · 14 Apr 2017 at 17:49

You could rebuild yourself with all the parts they want to replace for less and upgrade to SSD at the same time, just an example (I think I got the right socket motherboard)
And if your current hdd is ok, you've got a handy second drive for storage.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Gigabyte GA-F2A68HM-HD2 AMD A68 Chipset (Socket FM2+) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard= £44.99
1 x Kingston 240GB SSDNow UV400 Drive SATA 6Gb/s 2.5" (7mm height) Solid State Hard Drive - (SUV400S37/2= £89.99
1 x Kolink KLM-001 Micro-ATX Case - Black= £22.99
1 x Arctic MX-2 Thermal Compound (4g)= £3.95

Total: £173.02
(includes shipping: £11.10)

Habakkuk · 14 Apr 2017 at 22:48

If you can't build or maintain a computer yourself, you are reliant on companies to do it for you.

But they will charge for that service, as well as parts and labour.

Is a working computer worth amount of money to you?

dt97583 · 15 Apr 2017 at 11:47

Is the system under warranty?

johnny7511 · 15 Apr 2017 at 11:59

out of warranty by 4 months mate

pastymuncher · 15 Apr 2017 at 13:27

That's just shocking and nothing less than a rip off (£127 for a FM2+ motherboard :eek:

). Then again it's to be expected from the likes of them. Bulk built pc's with a pathetic 1 year warranty should be avoided. A self built pc will give you much better value for money plus most components these days have a 3 year warranty.