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Re:Framework laptop water damage repair attempt using partia... by serf on Tuesday May 31, 2022 @08:33PM (#31576628)
>2) Modularity keeps the cost of individual components so low that board-level repair is hardly worth it. What would Louis charge me? $350 for shipping and time?

I don't know where you get your numbers, and Louis isn't the only person in the world with the ability to repair this stuff; you can make up a number so that it seems anti-competitive against the idea of modularity and buying a whole new replacement module -- but let it be said that these repairs can be done fairly cheap with some research and a bit of parts gathering. Cheaper than 350 cheap, in most cases.

Re:Framework laptop water damage repair attempt using partia... by minhazm on Tuesday May 31, 2022 @10:32PM (#31577397)
> Logic board repair – $250-$425 (depending on model)

From https://www.rossmanngroup.com/liquid-damage/. Their pricing is fairly competitive, you won't find many places that are significantly cheaper for good quality work.

> but let it be said that these repairs can be done fairly cheap with some research and a bit of parts gathering. Cheaper than 350 cheap, in most cases.

I don't know about that for component level repairs. Sure you can replace a hard drive, memory, a wifi card or a fan but those can all be done already with the Framework laptop without the detailed schematics. Most people are not knowledgeable enough and even if they were they likely wouldn't feel comfortable doing component level repairs on a motherboard, especially if they have to do any soldering. There's a reason that the vast majority of places computer repair places don't do component level repairs. You need a lot of expertise to do so, and that expertise doesn't come cheap.

Re:Framework laptop water damage repair attempt using partia... by sigstoat on Wednesday June 01, 2022 @12:36AM (#31578129)
> There's a reason that the vast majority of places computer repair places don't do component level repairs. You need a lot of expertise to do so, and that expertise doesn't come cheap.

you also need tooling. $20 radio shack soldering iron from dad won’t do it for anything that’s worth the labor costs.

if you don’t have any of that you’ll be spending $350 to get the bare minimum to practice the job.

Re:Framework laptop water damage repair attempt using partia... by jknoepfler on Wednesday June 01, 2022 @12:46AM (#31578193)
$350 is basically free in terms of skilled technician time to solve a problem that requires any non-trivial amount of investigation. You're devaluing the labor and thinking only in terms of the raw materials.
Re:Framework laptop water damage repair attempt using partia... by sigstoat on Wednesday June 01, 2022 @11:26AM (#31583250)
> You're devaluing the labor and thinking only in terms of the raw materials.

very common for folks to compare the cost of having something assembled for the first time in a low-wage country, to having it disassembled, diagnosed, repaired, and reassembled in a high-wage country.

Re:Framework laptop water damage repair attempt using partia... by ksec on Wednesday June 01, 2022 @07:17PM (#31589370)
Which is sadly the norm on HN, only Web Development is difficult and complex. Everything else in the world is suppose to be simple.