Laptops · desktop motherboards · graphics cards · Macs

BIOS & Firmware Chip Repair

Fans spin, lights come on, nothing on screen — often after a firmware update that was interrupted. The firmware chip is reprogrammed or replaced on the board.

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£45 Diagnostic

The fee is waived when you go ahead with the repair, and you get a fixed quote first. Every repair is no fix, no fee.

Free Both Ways

Tracked and insured across the UK.

30-Day Warranty

On parts and labour for this repair.

Signs you need this repair

Dead or black screen straight after a BIOS or firmware update
Update interrupted by a flat battery or power cut
Fans spin and lights come on, but it never reaches the logo
Stuck in a boot loop before the operating system loads
Graphics card not detected after a firmware flash

What actually goes wrong

Every laptop, motherboard and graphics card keeps its firmware on a small flash chip on the board. If an update is interrupted, or the chip develops a fault, the machine has nothing to start from. It looks completely dead, even though the hardware is fine.

We read the chip with a programmer, check what is on it, and write a clean firmware image for that exact board revision. Where the chip itself has failed, it is replaced with a new one and then programmed.

The detail that matters is that a firmware chip holds more than the firmware. It also carries the board's own serial number, network addresses and often the embedded Windows licence key. A generic image copied from the internet loses all of that. We carry the board's own data across into the clean image, so the machine comes back as itself.

Macs with a T2 chip or Apple silicon recover their firmware differently, through a restore from another Mac. That is something we can do too, and we will tell you which route your machine needs.

Not in Newcastle? Post it to us

We repair Micro Soldering & Board-Levels by post for customers right across the UK. Book online, send it in, and we diagnose it and confirm a fixed price before any work starts — with a £45 diagnostic that is waived when you go ahead with the repair. It comes back to you tracked and insured.

£45 diagnostic, waived on repair
Tracked, insured return delivery
30-day warranty, same as in store

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Questions about this repair

Will I lose my Windows licence?

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Not if the board's own data is carried across, which is how we do it. The licence key stored in the firmware goes back into the clean image along with the serial number and network addresses.

Other Micro Soldering & Board-Level repairs

MacBook Logic Board RepairNo power, liquid damage, charging and USB-C faults fixed on the original logic board — not swapped for a new one, so your data and your board stay with the machine.MacBook Not Charging RepairCharger connected, nothing happening — or charging from one side only, stuck at a percentage, or "not charging" in the menu bar. Found and fixed on the board.Gaming Laptop Motherboard RepairNo power, shorted GPU and CPU power stages, dead HDMI and USB-C ports and heat damage on high-end gaming laptops, repaired at component level.Laptop Motherboard RepairDead laptops, charging faults, broken DC jacks and USB-C ports, liquid damage and firmware chip faults repaired on the motherboard you already have.iPhone & iPad Logic Board RepairDead iPhones, charging and audio chip faults, backlight circuits, liquid damage and stacked-board repairs — fixed on your own board, so your data and paired parts stay put.Samsung & Android Motherboard RepairNo power, charging circuit faults, boot loops, liquid damage and board-to-board connector faults on Android phones, foldables and tablets.Games Console Board RepairHDMI and no-picture faults, consoles that will not power on, Switch charging chip and USB-C repairs, controller boards and retro console restoration.Handheld Gaming PC Board RepairUSB-C and charging faults, dead handhelds, card reader failures and liquid damage on handheld gaming PCs, repaired on the main board.Graphics Card RepairDead cards, shorted power stages, melted 16-pin power connectors, broken video outputs and cracked PCBs repaired at component level.Melted GPU Power Connector RepairA burnt or melted 16-pin power connector replaced, with the pads beneath it rebuilt and the card's power circuit checked before it goes back under load.BGA Reballing & Chip ReplacementChips that sit on a grid of solder balls — GPUs, processors, memory — removed, reballed or replaced when their joints crack or the chip itself fails.Liquid Damage & Corrosion RepairWater, coffee, sea water and sugary drinks cleaned off the board, corroded components replaced and eaten-through traces rebuilt — not just dried out.No Power & Short-Circuit RepairDevices that are completely dead, boot loop, cut out or fail intermittently — short circuits traced to the failed part and fixed at component level.Backlight Circuit RepairA black screen on a device that is clearly on — you can just see the picture with a torch — is often the backlight circuit on the board, not the screen.USB-C, HDMI & DC Jack RepairBroken, loose or burnt USB-C, HDMI, DisplayPort and DC power ports replaced where they are soldered to the board, with any torn pads rebuilt.Data Recovery From Dead DevicesWhen the board is what stands between you and your files, we repair it for long enough to get them back — assessed honestly first, because not every case is recoverable.Torn Connector & Pad RepairRipped FPC and board-to-board connectors, lifted solder pads and broken traces repaired — including boards damaged by a previous repair attempt.Drone, Camera & Electronics Board RepairDrones and controllers, cameras, premium audio, VR headsets, NAS and networking gear with board faults — assessed model by model before anything is promised.

All Micro Soldering & Board-Level repairs

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Post it in from anywhere in the UK, free both ways, or walk in to 119 New Bridge Street, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 2SW with free private parking in front of the shop. We diagnose it and quote a fixed price before any work starts.

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