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Can a motherboard be repaired?

Can a motherboard be repaired?

I had that question for a motherboard that seemed to be suffering with static discharge Here is what member Binnampa sent me by email:

Repairing damage caused by static electricity is difficult.
First you must be able to identify which component got zapped. Then locating a replacement part, and replacing the damaged part.

Sometimes, the shock will trip a triac or another circuit protection device. This can sometimes be cleared by reseating components. If the CPU or Video Circuitry is not soldered down, it can be removed and put back in. This will sometimes allow the triac to reset. Then the machine MAY work again.

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I talked with my friend that repairs computers and he says, alot of times you can't without replacing the whole motherboard.  But he said it is also possible to repair the damaged part of the board, it just really depends on what got zapped and damaged.

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But he said it is also possible to repair the damaged part of the board

That's just it. If you total the cost of the part and then getting someone to repair it you may as well get a new motherboard. Either way you lose out.

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That's true too.  I wish I could offer more of a positive outlook on that.  Hopefully, you might luck up on a good deal on one.

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I, personally, would never try to repair a motherboard.  This is especially true if the damage is due to static electricity.  Often damage caused this way is hard to really pin down.  Often you just have weird things happen, maybe more frequent lock ups or freezes in programs for example.  If a motherboard is bad, the decision is to either replace the motherboard or replace the PC.  If the motherboard on my old clunker PC goes, Iwill replace the PC, because it is so old it wouldn't be worth putting a new motherboard in.  Kind of like throwing good money after bad.  If a PC motherboard goes and the PC is a year old then I would replace the motherboard.  Between 1-3 years, I would consider it depending upon how much the motherboard costs relative to a new PC.  Over 3 years, I would replace the PC.

This is,of course,based upon PCs available in US on the US economy.  School of thought might be different in other parts of the world.

Can a motherboard be repaired?

When looking at various motherboards, I often notice an FSB speed listed, what does that mean? I know what the front side bus speed of a processor is, so I'm guessing that the motherboard's FSB is the highest FSB speed you're processor can go to (on that motherboard at least) but I have my doubts. Anyone know for sure?

Can motherboard repaired

With the recent lost of one machine (most likely the motherboard) I am sad that there is not a better way to fix the circuitry. When turning it on the fan on the CPU starts to rotate and then stops - the power light does not come on. I am also hoping that my one stick of 512MB did not also get zapped too.

As for the above question... FSB:

Ref. https://www.computerdoctor.co.uk/FAQs/motherboards.html#6

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Motherboards are to much of a hassle to fix. The time it takes to track down anything from a bad component to a bad or fried circuit, you have already lost money on the deal. I used to have a gadget that you could hook up to the motherboard and it would send impulses through the board and determine if it was a circuitry problem or a component problem. Circuit problems where a toss, component problems still left you with the problem of narrowing the bad part down. So you still ended up doing allot more work than needed.