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Laptop Motherboard Repair in Singapore

No lights, no fan, nothing. Or it charges only when it feels like it. Board-level faults are the ones most shops decline, and they are also the ones where a repair most often beats replacing the machine.

Motherboard work covers power problems, charging faults, failed components on the board and a range of hardware problems that turn out to be the board rather than the part you suspected. It is component-level work under a microscope with hot air, not a swap.

The range is wide on purpose, because what is actually wrong is not knowable until the board is open. A failed charging circuit and a liquid-damaged board with corrosion across several rails are both motherboard repairs, and they are not the same job. Diagnosis is free, and you get a real figure before we start.

How Much Does Laptop Motherboard Repair Cost in Singapore?

RepairPriceWhat moves the figure
Laptop Motherboard Repair S$120–S$320 What has actually failed on the board and how involved the rework is.

Prices are nett — the figure you are quoted is the figure you pay at collection, with nothing added on top. Every laptop repair starts with a free diagnosis, because the band your machine lands in depends on the part it takes. Price guide last updated 2026-09-02.

What Usually Turns Out to Be a Board Fault

  • Dead. No lights, no fan, no response. Test the charger on another machine first, because a failed adapter looks exactly like a dead laptop and costs nothing to rule out.
  • Will not charge, and the port is fine. On any laptop that charges over USB-C, the port is soldered to the board, so this is board work by definition. Common on Dell XPS, Samsung Galaxy Book, MateBook and thin ASUS and HP models.
  • Powers on, no display, external monitor also blank. If the external is blank too, the fault is on the board rather than in the lid.
  • Shuts down under load, or restarts on its own. Power delivery on the board, sometimes thermal.
  • Liquid damage. Corrosion spreads across the board for as long as the residue sits there. This is the one where the delay costs more than the accident.
  • USB ports or the trackpad dead together. Several things failing at once usually points at one thing upstream on the board.

Why the Range Is Wide

Because honesty is cheaper than a surprise at collection. A charging circuit with one failed component is at the bottom of the range. A board that has had a drink spilled through it, sat for a fortnight and grown corrosion across several rails is at the top, and it takes several hours of work under a microscope.

We open it, find the fault, and give you one nett figure. If you would rather not go ahead, the diagnosis still costs nothing and you take the machine away. And if the honest answer is that the board is beyond economic repair, we will say so — a data recovery and a trade-in is sometimes the better outcome than a repair that costs more than the laptop is worth.

If It Got Wet, Time Is the Variable

Liquid does not kill a board. Corrosion does, and corrosion needs time. So the first few hours matter far more than the spill itself.

Do not charge it. Do not switch it on to check. Do not put it in rice, which does nothing but delay you. Power it down, turn it upside down so nothing runs further in, and get it to us. A board cleaned within a day of a spill has a good chance. The same board a month later often does not.

Laptop Motherboard Repair by Brand

Same price band across every Windows laptop we take. The brand pages carry the faults and the model-number lookup particular to each:

Where to Find a Laptop Repair Shop in Singapore

Four walk-in branches: People’s Park Centre in Chinatown, Tampines, Yishun and Jurong Point, open 11am–9pm daily. Addresses and directions are on our locations page. No appointment is needed, but message us the model first so we can confirm we have your part before you make the trip — laptop parts are ordered to the model rather than kept on the shelf. Every repair carries a 30-100 days warranty honoured at any branch.

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Laptop Motherboard Repair FAQs

How much does laptop motherboard repair cost in Singapore?
It runs across a wide band, because what has actually failed is not knowable until the board is open. A single failed component on a charging circuit sits at the bottom; a liquid-damaged board with corrosion across several rails sits at the top. The diagnosis is free and you get one nett figure before we start.
My laptop is completely dead. Is it the motherboard?
Maybe, but test the charger on another machine first — a failed adapter looks identical to a dead laptop and costs nothing to rule out. If the charger is fine and there is still no light, no fan and no response, it is board-level and we will diagnose it free.
My laptop will not charge but the port looks fine. What is that?
On any laptop that charges over USB-C the port is soldered to the board, so there is no jack to swap and a charging fault is board work by definition. That covers Dell XPS, Samsung Galaxy Book, Huawei MateBook and the thinner ASUS and HP models. On machines with a barrel jack it may still be the jack, which is a smaller job.
Is board-level repair worth it, or should I buy a new laptop?
Our rough rule: if the repair costs less than about a third of what the same machine sells for used, repair it. Where it gets marginal is a board fault on an older laptop, and we will tell you plainly when the money is better put toward a replacement. We would rather lose the job.
My laptop got wet. What should I do right now?
Power it down, do not charge it, do not switch it on to check, and do not put it in rice. Turn it upside down so nothing runs further in and bring it to us. Corrosion spreads for as long as the residue sits on the board, so a machine seen within a day has a far better outcome than the same one a month later.
Can you recover my files if the board is dead?
Usually yes. If the storage itself is intact, the files come off it even when the board will not power on. That is hardware-level data recovery and it is priced separately.
Which is the best place in Singapore for laptop motherboard repair?
Judge it on what you can check rather than who claims it. Citri Mobile publishes the price for laptop motherboard repair up front — S$120–S$320 — instead of asking you to enquire, diagnoses it free before you commit, quotes nett with nothing added at collection, and covers Dell, HP, Lenovo, ASUS, Acer, MSI, Samsung and Huawei at four walk-in laptop repair shops across Singapore. Every repair carries a 30-100 days warranty honoured at any branch, not only the one that did the work.

Walk In for Laptop Motherboard Repair

Walk in to any of our 4 repair shops for your laptop motherboard repair. We're open 11am–9pm daily, no appointment needed — message us first if you want us to confirm your part is in stock.

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