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Board-level repair. A second look before you replace it.
The skills that get data off a dead device also save the device. A replacement board can cost more than the device is worth, and most faults are one or two failed components. Find them and replace them, and you keep the device and everything on it.
- Free initial assessment
- Diagnostic quoted upfront
- 12-month repair warranty
- Ireland & EU by post
What you are seeing, and what it usually means
- Won't power on or charge
- Charging and power circuits are the most common board faults, and among the most repairable.
- No display or no HDMI
- Backlight circuits, and console HDMI ports and chips.
- Liquid damage
- Cleaned, corrosion treated, damaged components replaced.
- Written off elsewhere
- Manufacturers often replace whole boards as policy. We repair them.
How board repair is priced
The initial assessment is free. If the fault needs a full board diagnostic, we quote that first. Once the fault is found you get one fixed repair price, and every repair carries a 12-month warranty.
- Free initial assessment
- Diagnostic quoted before we start
- Fixed repair price before any work
- 12-month warranty on every repair
How we recover it
After the free initial assessment, a full board diagnostic is quoted upfront. Once the fault is found you get a fixed repair price. Every repair carries a 12-month warranty.
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Tell us what happened
Use the short form, call or WhatsApp. We reply with how to send it, or when to bring it in.
- 02
Free initial assessment
When it reaches the bench we find out what has failed and what is likely recoverable. No charge.
- 03
Fixed written quote
One price by email, with return shipping included. Nothing is opened or recovered until you approve it.
- 04
Your data back
Copied to a new drive and sent back tracked with your original device, or ready to collect.
What our customers say
Top quality service, would highly recommend. Recovered USB files that were lost.Excellent service! They replaced the swollen battery and repaired the damaged charging board and cable in just 2 hours. Fast, professional and reliable.They kept my half dead machine alive for well over six months past its 'this should really be left to die' point... give sound advice that you can trust.Trace Lab is run by the workshop team at Creative IT, rated Excellent on Trustpilot from over 3,600 reviews since 2009.
Questions
Why isn't the in-depth diagnostic free?
The initial assessment is free. Tracing a board fault is skilled bench work with specialist equipment, so it is quoted upfront and you decide.
What if it can't be repaired?
We tell you plainly, return it, and help you get the data off it if that's what matters most.
Do you work for other repair shops?
Yes. Trade customers send us the board and data jobs they don't do in-house. Ask us for trade terms.
Other devices we recover from
Hard drives
Clicking, beeping, not detected, or dropped. Desktop, laptop and external drives.
See how we recover it →Phones
Photos and messages from iPhones and Android phones that are dead, dropped or wet.
See how we recover it →Laptops & MacBooks
Dead laptops and MacBooks, including models with storage soldered to the board.
See how we recover it →SSDs, USB & cards
SSDs, NVMe drives, USB sticks and memory cards from cameras, drones and dashcams.
See how we recover it →RAID, NAS & servers
Business storage that has dropped a disk, won't mount or rebuilt the wrong way.
See how we recover it →Lost data? Talk to the lab today.
Free initial assessment. No data, no recovery fee. Fixed price before any work.