It fell off the table, got crushed in a bag, or a glass went over it. Now a corner is open, the screen does something odd, and you do not know where to start.
Start here: more is repairable than it looks, and what is not repairable is better known straight away.
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The good news is that structural parts are in the catalogues. Makers list the base cover, the palm-rest top case, the display back cover, the bezel, hinge assemblies and hinge caps as separate parts. An open corner or a dented base is a documented job, not a bodge.
Three things push the bill up, all documented. A touch screen: HP supplies the full assembly only. Damaged power or USB-C ports on a machine with no DC-in module: the part is the board — motherboard or I/O daughter-board, and which one matters a lot. Soldered memory: board damage takes the RAM with it.
A battery after an impact is not judged by eye. Dell prescribes never refitting a damaged or swollen battery, and never crushing, puncturing or bending it.
And three claims we will never make. That oven reflow or reballing «permanently repairs» boards and GPUs: no service manual we consult prescribes component-level rework. That metal cases survive drops better than plastic: no maker publishes comparative data. That the board is «warped»: no documented procedure establishes it, so we would state it as a hypothesis. And on drives: if it took the impact and is mechanical and noisy, data recovery comes before test reboots.
| Structural parts | base, palm-rest, display cover, bezel and hinges are official parts |
|---|---|
| Touch screen | on touch, many makers supply the full assembly only |
| Damaged ports | system board or I/O board: the difference moves the quote |
| Soldered memory | board damage involves the RAM too |
| Battery after impact | replaced, never refitted: the maker's instruction |
| Drive that took the fall | data recovery first, everything else after |
The factors that actually move the cost of this job. They are not our rules: they depend on how the manufacturer supplies the part, and they are checked at the diagnosis stage before anything is ordered.
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