Microsoldering and board-level repair in Revelstoke, BC

Microsoldering — also called micro-soldering or component-level repair — is precision soldering work performed on a circuit board under a stereo microscope. Instead of swapping the whole board, we work with the individual chips, ICs, capacitors, resistors, fuses, pads and traces that have actually failed. It's the technique behind most logic board repair, NAND upgrades, IC replacement and board-level data recovery.

Board-level repair is the process of diagnosing and repairing components directly on a device's circuit board — logic board, motherboard or PCB — instead of replacing the whole board or the whole device. A typical job might involve IC replacement, fixing a damaged connector, repairing a short, cleaning corrosion after liquid damage, rebuilding a lifted pad, or running a jumper wire across a broken trace.

Often, yes. A full board replacement is one of the more expensive repair paths and usually means losing the data tied to the original board. A targeted board-level repair fixes only the failed component, and lets you keep the original board and the data on it. We diagnose first and recommend the option that genuinely makes sense for your situation.

Often, yes — especially when the device is brought in quickly. Liquid damage causes corrosion that keeps progressing even after the device has dried out, so the sooner we can disassemble, clean and inspect it under microscope, the better the odds. Severe or long-standing liquid damage that has eaten through internal copper layers may not be repairable, and we'll tell you honestly when that's the case. Water-damaged devices get a liquid-damage treatment instead of the $55 diagnostic: $100 for phones, $150 for laptops. The treatment adds at least 24 hours to the repair: ultrasonic cleaning, a bath in 99% isopropyl alcohol, then drying overnight.

Board-level work is no repair, no fee: if we can't fix it, you pay nothing. On mail-in repairs, shipping costs still apply. We'll always tell you honestly if a repair isn't realistic before you commit to anything.

Sometimes. Board-level data recovery is the attempt to bring a dead device back far enough to extract its data, or to work directly with the storage chip when the rest of the board can't be recovered. Outcomes depend on the failure mode, the condition of the storage chip, prior handling, and whether the device is locked. See our board-level data recovery page for the full picture.

Yes, from anywhere in Canada — logic board repair, NAND upgrades, IC replacement and board-level data recovery. See our mail-in microsoldering page for how to package and ship a device.

Common signs: the device won't power on, won't charge, is stuck in a boot loop or on the Apple logo, has been exposed to liquid, has a black or dim screen with no backlight, has a damaged charging port, or is hitting storage limits. Standard part swaps (battery, screen, charge port) won't fix these when the underlying fault is on the board itself — a microscope-based diagnostic is the only reliable way to know.