[ale] Repair place for USB-C in Atlanta area?

[Jim Kinney]

Back in the day, everyone on the ale list had a soldering iron and could
use it. Now it's tough to get parts.

I would try Microcenter to see if they would touch it. The small shop near
Emory in the FedEx/Kinkos shopping center might be willing to do board
soldering. Microcenter has a few newer models on hand now so they may be a
repair center for HP.
https://www.microcenter.com/search/search_results.aspx?N=&cat=&ntt=hp+spectra+x360

The problem is the repair will cost lots compared to buying a comparable
used one. It'll take days to fix and she'll need a working laptop during
that time anyway. Thus the argument to replace it is there. Then if the
repair cost is ok, it's a spare machine. Bear in mind the replacement parts
will be unlikely to be of higher quality than the originals.


On Sun, Oct 8, 2023, 9:37 PM Byron Jeff via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:

> Both of the USB-C connectors of my wife's laptop are busted on her hp
> spectre x360 - 15-df0043dx laptop. A bit of YT research shows that the
> pins of the connectors get bent and the pads tear off the motherboard. Of
> course one really can't use a modern laptop with no USB-C and she loves
> this particular unit and wants to save it.
>
> But repair looks like some specialized and difficult work. And it's
> compounded by the fact that HP nor anyone else seems to have a supply of
> the connectors that they use for this particular unit.
>
> So, before I throw in the towel, I wanted to put a plea to see if anyone
> knows a place in the Atlanta area that does this type work? The YT that I
> watched showed the tech taking off both connectors, straightning the pins
> on one of them, and reattaching it to the MB.
>
> Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
>
> BAJ
>
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