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not for less than the cost of a new board. not at scale. a small shop can do it if they grow slowly. a component-level repair shop run by Microsoft which did
by naikrovek 3y ago
not for less than the cost of a new board. not at scale.
a small shop can do it if they grow slowly. a component-level repair shop run by Microsoft which did not swap parts, but repaired them, can not scale quickly. there just isn't that much talent available to do this, and even when there is, it would be tight, economically.
it costs Microsoft less to build a main board than the price they sell it for. the hourly time of the repair person multiplied by the time to diagnose, repair, test, document, and clean a main board would quickly go beyond what a new one costs Microsoft.
component-level repair just is not feasible at scale.
should they make schematics available anyway? yes.
- Zagitta 3y agoExcept if the environmental cost wasn't externalized it would be unfeasible to not do component level repair at scale. Another aspect to this is that it board repairs could be made significantly easier if companies bothered designing boards with proper test points and expected values documented in a diagnostics manual. Just take a look at how old school oscilloscopes and other test equipment was designed with not only full schematics but well defined diagnosis procedures.
- blackoil 3y agoA repair person near customer in US may have a very large environmental cost.
- tinus_hn 3y agoWhy would you have it repaired by an expensive American when someone in China will do it for next to nothing?
- naikrovek 3y agobecause we should not be relying on employment practices which are effectively slavery, no matter what country it is.
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