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Replacing a non-functioning keyboard on a laptop is very easy to do. We have had a few Dell D620 and D830 laptops come into our shop with broken or sticky keyboards that needed to be replaced. The process takes less than 3 minutes to do and only takes a small Philips screwdriver to complete. Read more

We have had several Dell 1905FP and 1907FPVt units in our shop with power supply problems. Both of these monitor models use the same PTB-1511 power supply board and the most common cause of power problems is the capacitors on this board. When these parts start to go out it can cause several symptoms such as: No power, just a flashing power light, slow to show a picture or a wavy picture when the unit first powers up. By replacing the defective capacitors on the power supply board you can bring these units back to full operation. This same power supply board is used in the Dell 1704FPt and Dell 1706FPt monitors. This repair guide will show you how to dis-assemble these units and repair the power supply board. Read more

In this repair guide we will show you how to repair a Dell E177FPf 17″ LCD monitor with power supply issues. This power supply board is also used in the Dell E176FPf and E196FPf. If you have a unit that has no power, a wavy display, is slow to show a picture or just has a blinking power light and no picture then this repair guide should help you get it back going again. Read more

Dell has acknowledged a problem with the Optiplex 390 units going back to at least December of last year. The affected systems do not wake up from sleep mode even if powered off and back on. Some users are reporting up to 50% failure rate of systems after a week or two of use. At this point Dell has halted the shipping of this series until all units can be corrected, but third party resellers may be still selling stock on hand. If you already have units in production then you need to do the update to your systems before they start having the problem. Read more