What TCM repairs

Every repair below starts the same way: the device is opened, inspected under magnification and measured, so what you get is the cause of the fault and a real price, not a guess and a replacement part.

Board-level repair & microsoldering

Work at the component level, under the microscope, not part-swapping.

Most shops replace a whole board. We repair the board itself. Faults are traced with a schematic, a bench supply and a thermal camera until the exact failing component is found, then that component, sometimes smaller than a grain of rice, is replaced under a stereo microscope. It costs a fraction of a board swap, and on equipment where a replacement board is simply not sold any more, it is the only route there is.

What this involves

  • Shorted rails, dead power ICs and burnt supply circuits traced on the board
  • BGA reballing and chip reflow, including processors, graphics and power-management ICs
  • Broken pads and lifted traces rebuilt with jumper wire
  • Corrosion and liquid damage cleaned ultrasonically, then repaired

TVs, audio & home electronics

Screens that stay dark, sound that cut out, boards that stopped waking up.

A television that will not turn on is usually a handful of failed components on the power board, not a dead television. The same is true of an amplifier that has gone silent and an appliance whose control board no longer responds. These are exactly the repairs that get quoted as "not worth it" elsewhere, because elsewhere the only fix on offer is a whole new board.

What this involves

  • Televisions: no picture, no backlight, no power, dead standby
  • Amplifiers, receivers, speakers and studio gear
  • Control and power boards inside home appliances
  • Satellite receivers, set-top boxes and small home devices

Game consoles

HDMI ports, no video, overheating, drives and controller drift.

A snapped HDMI port does not mean a new console. The port and its driver chip are replaceable, and that is exactly the kind of board work this lab is set up for.

What this involves

  • HDMI port replacement and HDMI-IC repair
  • No-power and no-video faults traced on the board
  • Deep cleaning, thermal service and fan noise
  • Disc drives, controller stick drift and charging faults

Power, UPS & inverter electronics

Chargers, adapters, UPS and inverter boards that took a hit.

Unstable mains power is the single most common cause of the damage that reaches this bench, and the boards that manage that power are the first to take it. The board that failed can usually be repaired, and we will point out what caused it so the replacement does not die the same way.

What this involves

  • UPS and inverter control boards after a surge
  • Chargers, adapters and power supplies that stopped delivering
  • Battery-charger circuits and their protection electronics
  • Surge and over-voltage damage assessed before it spreads further

Tools, instruments & equipment

Power tools, workshop machines and measuring gear, back in service.

A tool that fails is rarely a worn-out motor. It is usually the small board that drives it, and that board is repairable. This is also the equipment TCM knows best from the other side of the bench: the same tools get tested and reviewed on the TikTok channel, so the strengths and weak points of a given model are already familiar before it is even opened.

What this involves

  • Power tools: speed controllers, triggers, motor drive boards
  • Battery packs and their chargers, cell by cell
  • Measuring instruments and workshop equipment
  • Control boards in machines that no longer respond

Diagnosis & second opinion

A straight answer on whether your device is worth repairing.

Plenty of equipment that arrives here has already been declared dead somewhere else. Sometimes it is. Often it is not. Either way you get the real reason, in plain language, and the decision stays yours.

What this involves

  • Full inspection and a written verdict before any work starts
  • A second opinion when another shop has said it is unrepairable
  • Honest advice when replacing the device is genuinely the better call

Not listed? Ask anyway.

This is a list of what comes through most often, not a limit. If it has a circuit board inside it and it is not a phone or a laptop, send a message and describe the fault.

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