MOTHERBOARD, HARD DISK, VIDEO CARD, RAM, & LAPTOP REPAIR SPECIALIST

[nutjugger]

sir ruelnov, ask lang ko balik pila charge sa repair sa HDD ug MOBO.

3 HDD - 2 not detected(motor spinning), 1 detected w/ bad sect
1 MOBO - busted capacitor (hang up after 3-5minutes)

kon ako ni baligya nimo, pila man imo offer ani?

[ruelnov]

naay service rates didto sa page 1 ani nga post. sent u pm.

[jongtoix]

Sa tanang bumabasa......:

ang akong mobo nga patay......
NABANHAW NA! tungod sa ka-ngilngig sa talents ni ruel!
Kung naghuna2x mog buhi sa inyong board nya wa say klaro....
maypa ipa-morgi na lang na didto sa ila roel.....
DAKO pa KAAYOG chansa nga mabuhi!
Tu-o lang mo nako!


testimonial ni.....brod ruel! balik nsad nya ko dha ha...!....

-jongtoix2005!

[ruelnov]

salamat kaayo bro sa imong testimonial.

lipay man pod ta anang hapi ka sa resulta. that's the bottomline, nothing else. and just let me know how i can be of further help.

[wangyo]

bosing, thanks for bringing my P4 mobo back to life!!!as in, i thought i need to buy a new mobo for my PC but when i tried to look for a solution to revive it, my colleague refered me to ruel (who is also my colleague in the office) to have it checked. at first, i doubted if anyone could repair such disposable mobo's like mine. but when i convinced myself to give it a try, and whalla!!!! it was working normally as it was before. thanks bossing! dotn worry i-rcommend tika sa mga kaila nako nga naay mga prob sa ila PC..

[isone]

UR RIGHT GUYS SIR RUEL IS SUCH A GENIUS ONE A TALENTED ONE IYA NA JUD NA TALENT NGA GIHATAG S LORD HEHEHE YOUNG GRASS TIRADA>> HEHHEE PEACE SIR RUEL..!!

[AMD_infinium05]

how to determine if caps ang guba sa board or BIOS ba kaha?

[ruelnov]

If BIOS ang guba, your system won't boot even if caps are good.

If your system is booting up but hangs, your caps are defective or the processor is overheating if the system does not respond to CTRL-ALT-DEL.

If your system responds to CTRL-ALT-DEL at the point where it hangs up, there is a problem with Windows Registry or the Hard Drive has some hard-to-read sectors.

These are only general indications, and to single out the faulty component requires troubleshooting experience, technical expertise, test equipment, and hardware diagnostics utilites.

EXPERIENCE is the best teacher. And there is no substitute for actual experience, esp. when repairing mobo and HD.

[ruelnov]

SOME HARD FACTS ABOUT HIDDEN HD DEFECTS:

Who says that a brand new HD has no defects or bad sectors?

Every brand new HD has defects and bad sectors because it is technically impossible to produce a high-density storage medium for hard drives that is free of surface imperfections. But all these defects have been mapped out of every user's view and Scandisk. But how?

Simple enough. Every hard drive is being scanned before it comes out of the factory using ultra-sensitive test equipment for surface imperfections and bad sectors. When found, these defects are recorded in the Defects Table (also known as P-List or Primary List) located at the service area of the platter (also known as servo zone or firmware zone). This firmware zone on the platter's surface is inaccessible to us and to the OS during normal use, but can be directly accessed if you know the vendor-specific ATA commands for that particular brand and model.

But what happens when these surface defects get remapped to the Defects Table?

Simple again. These defects become invisible to us and to Scandisk but remain visible to the Hard Drive Controller or Logic Board. And these defects are skipped by the IDE Controller during normal operation of the hard drive. That is why the HD would appear to us as DEFECT-FREE and functions normally.

And what's bad about hiding these defects to the Defects Table?

NOTHING BAD ABOUT IT. Humans are just being realistic and resourceful about the problem. At least we have a brand new HD that can serve us for long if handled properly. And HD manufacturers even provide us with warranty.

AND WOULD HIDDEN DEFECTS APPEAR AGAIN AS BAD SECTORS?

NEVER for the rest of the HD's life, for as long as the firmware zone does not become corrupted.


And why do new defects develop through normal use? And how does the IDE Controller hide these from our view?

Simple. Due to wear & tear. And every IDE HDD maintains a pool of spare sectors (600 to 3000 of them, depending on HD size) to replace those newly developed bad sectors, and so keeping these new defects still hidden to us and to Scandisk.

But what if the pool of spare sectors become depleted through normal use? What happens to the new defects?

This is no longer simple. Since the Grown Defects Table (or G-List) is now overflown, Scandisk could now see them as REALLY BAD. And then you notice that your HD is no longer functioning normally or tends to overheat upon use, and later on you realize that you can no longer PARTITION or FORMAT it. And when the new defects become too numerous, you notice that your HD can no longer be detected by BIOS, etc.

Is that the end of the road for your HD?

FORTUNATELY NOT...

[lolong tan]

this is one of the best topics here in istorya.net and i really learn a lot from it!

special thanks to bro ruelnov for sharing his knowledge....

[grss1982]

@ruelnov: just wanted to throw in this site:

http://badcaps.net/

Hope this provides more information regarding bad capacitors.

Enjoy Guys!!!!!

Congrats sad diay, i noticed na sticky naman diay ni na thread. U must have satisifed one of the mods with the services u offered. more power and god bless!!!

[ruelnov]

you're welcome, bro lolong tan.

and many thanks also to you bro grss1982 for helping me educate our istorya forumers.

i would continue sharing what needs to be, for after all, no one can have a monopoly of these highly-technical stuff which all of us deserve to know.

[drkhero]

halu sir ruel!

naa tuod ko ask, what if jumper 2-3(clearing cmos) is connected while on.. instead of 1-2(normal). what will happen to mobo?

what is the usual configuration ini? 1,2,3 , usually 1-2 is normal & 2-3 clearning cmos, or depende sa mobo?

tnx sir ruel!

[ruelnov]

If CMOS Jumper is in clear position while PC is on, mobo manufacturers wouldn't advise us to do that as it might cause damage to the board. But I did do that many times in the past but never had any experience with the mobo getting damaged or somehow affected functionally.

The usual configuration is 1-2 for NORMAL position, although I did encounter some mobos with 2-3 as the normal position.

[drkhero]

halu sir ruel!

tnx for the reply... naa man gud nakabutang nga 1-2 (normal) 2-3 (clear) pero morag naa sa 2-3 connected... mo boot ba ghapon ang mobo if connected on while clearing the cmos? dli mo hang up?

bsin mao ni.. mo boot for max ug 2mins. then hang up na..

tnx again sir ruel!