Sager NP7850/Clevo N850HP6 Kinda in a big problem

So around 2 months ago my brother while re-applying thermal paste to his 1 yearish old NP7850 he broke on of the henges (Don't know how he managed that) and one thing led to another where the weight of the machine was put on two of the capacitors (Photos attached) which broke the solder.

after him juggling it from one shop to another (In Yemen) they lost the original capacitors and might even ruined a couple of things on the way (Still a suspicion) so now I don't know what are the specs on those capacitors and would need some help to confirm if they are (390/2.5v) similar to the ones around them+ what is that 5 solder point thingy that looks kinda toasted (Attached)

Thanks

Photos ( https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1XcH5R2bt4d-vwtltmgrm16cMmuc3lmxo?usp=sharing)

 

How was that achieved with a re-paste?

I believe those caps are the same. The torched area is a test connector so how in the?

Handle it gently.

 

WTF!? i've seen this type of damage when a guy came in to Inphtech store (when i worked for them... i don't any more but thats another story) and his friends tried to repaste the computer with colgate toothpaste! (Yep you read it right...). As a prank they did put colgate in his computer and damaged a load of capacitors on the way with this prank.

Now, the laughing point for me was tell the father (who came into the store with the computer) that it was toothpaste they put instead of thermal paste!

A one week old computer to RMA, and a new board on it!

Should have seen the face on the dad when he looked at the son!

 

Awww if they were smart they would have just repasted with toothpaste and no where else. It works great for a few minutes the dries and it would go super hot.

 

*Sigh* Monkey see monkey do, It's kinda his first time handling a machine solo with zero hands on experience.
I guess he learnt his lesson by now ( 2 months without one's pc might sound normal, but it's kinda hard)

So I guess I need to re-solder two 390/2.5v caps (Which are impossible to find until now) and my suspicion is proven that they did something with that burnt test connector.

Thanks a lot for the info

PS: I wish these new PC gamers would take care of their machines instead of just ripping them apart. (My NP8180 is still going strong)

Hey it's a prank bruh! Can imagine how terrifying it can be receiving a machine like that for repair.

 

You can rip it apart many times so long as you dont use it to defend yourself from a zombie attack

 

Gonna try my best not to , although the NP8180 might work perfectly for any kind of physical defense.

One more question please, as I am a noob in Elec matters in general, as I understand I can use a capacitor with higher voltage allowance but it must be the same capacitance? As the the one guy was telling me that a 470uF/2.5V capacitor will work (As it's the only thing I found)

I can understand it might be wrong as I don't know what the connection was for but maybe you have a clue.

Thanks

 

Yes higher voltage is fine at the same capacitance. Remember to get the right polarity (the blue shades side in the pictures matters) otherwise you will get boom.

 

So yea just an update, Looks like the laptop is toast after finding the correct Caps and soldering them, It will turn on for a sec and turn right back off look.

Looks like him taking it from one shop to another was not the brightest idea.

 

You could try testing for shorts but sounds like someone did something silly to it.