South Bend & Michiana
Board-level diagnostics
When a device won’t turn on or won’t charge, most shops just say “it’s not worth fixing” without even looking. Often it’s one tiny part on the circuit board.
We go deeper — examining the board itself under a microscope to find exactly what failed — so you get a real answer and honest options instead of a shrug.
What a board-level look can uncover
- Devices that won’t power on
- Charging problems that trace back to the board
- No-power and short-circuit faults
- Whether data on a “dead” device can be saved
Bring it in for the $60 diagnostic and we’ll tell you exactly what’s going on and your options.
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What to expect
Here's how it goes.
You'll drop the device off and we'll put its circuit board under a microscope to track down the exact part that failed, instead of just calling it dead. The flat $60 covers that hands-on diagnosis, and you'll leave with a clear, plain-English answer and honest options. One thing we're upfront about: we find the fault and explain your choices, but we don't do the microsoldering repair itself in-house yet.
Common questions
Common board-level diagnostics questions
If you don't actually do the microsoldering repair, what am I paying the $60 for?
You're paying for the answer. Most shops glance at a dead device, shrug, and tell you to buy a new one. The $60 gets us under a microscope to find the exact component on the board that failed, so you know what's really wrong and what your options are. That honest diagnosis is the service here, not a guess.
What does 'board-level' or 'microsoldering' actually mean?
Inside your device is a main circuit board covered in tiny parts, some smaller than a grain of rice. When one of those fails, the whole device can look completely dead even though almost everything else is fine. Board-level means we examine those individual parts under a microscope to pinpoint the real culprit, rather than just swapping the whole board or writing the device off.
Another shop told me my device is dead and not worth fixing. Can you take a second look?
That's a big reason people come to us. A lot of shops won't open up the board at all, so 'it's dead' often just means 'we didn't look.' We'll go deeper and give you a real answer. Sometimes it's one small failed part; sometimes it genuinely is done, and we'll tell you that straight too. Either way you'll finally know.
My device won't turn on because of a board problem. Can you get my photos and files off it?
Sometimes a board-level look tells us whether the data is reachable, and we'll be honest about the odds before you spend anything past the $60. We can't promise it, though, especially with liquid damage, and we're not a clean-room lab. If recovering the data is your main goal, tell us up front so we focus on that.
So what happens after you find the problem? Am I just left with a dead device?
No, you walk away with honest options. If the fault turns out to be something we can fix here, like a charging port or a part we replace, that $60 comes off the repair as usual. If it genuinely needs microsoldering we don't do in-house yet, we'll say so plainly, point you toward where it can be done, and give you our honest take on whether it's even worth pursuing.
Whatever broke, we’ve probably seen it. Let’s take a look.
We don’t price repairs over the phone — we look first, so the number’s real. The $60 to look comes right off your repair, and walk-ins are always welcome. Look for the blue door with the stairs on the left side of the parking lot — knock if it’s locked, we’re here.