Can anyone in town solder components on an old laptop motherboard?
I have an old laptop motherboard from the year 2000 that released the magic smoke. Having removed the damaged board from the machine, I can see that there are 2 obviously damaged components in the area the smoke came from: an inductor hanging in midair, and a mosfet with an obvious dimple on top.
Pictures: https://imgur.com/a/JAzDRyE
I have replacement components for these parts, but I was wondering if there might be somewhere I can go to get them put in. My soldering skills are not that great and while I suspect I could replace the inductor on my own, the mosfet has tiny pins and I am less confident in my skills with that.
I know there's no guarantee that replacing these parts would get the board up and running, but I figure it wouldn't hurt to try.
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