iLegendd:


If I engage you on this, you're going to get emotional.

So, I'll just reply you with NO, I can't.

Year right

Omezif:
Better be a computer user than To be a repairer.

this is deep. na only those wey smart go understand

philest222:
Am a young undergraduate, plz I want to know how lucrative is computer and laptop repairs and I really want venture into it when am done with school, Plz candid advice is needed.

Super lucrative...you Gona make lota money if u know what u doing....trust me.

oga let me tell u something.....

it's good to learn laptop repairs but u must know that the work rate is not that frequent.

let me give you a small advise.

I will advise you learn photocopier and printers maintenance instead.

u see that one ba, you will always have work to do, if they know call u for toner refill, d go call u for developer refill or small minor error code.

oga, u can spend just 30 mins on a job and make a cool money. esp when school call u make u con check there printer or photocopier.

those 2 always need maintenance unlike laptop that only needs it once in a while.

if u are serious, u can even get the some consumables (toner and others) and be selling them as u are doing repairs.

Also, if you have good social skills u go enjoy that one.

finally Seek GOD face,

the same land that there was famine was the same land Isaac sow and reap bountiful harvest.

It is very lucrative but u have to be very good at repairing computers first.not when they bring a problem, u spoil something else. If not,na fight u go fight tire

very very lucrative bro .

I love your initiative. However, phone repair has greater prospects almost everywhere as phones are more common than laptops

its very lucrative... just make sure you put eye for ground and learn the work to the core

Coldie:

I don work there before.

If you ever want to fix your laptop don't leave it for the repairer except u trust him, sometimes they switch your parts example screen, keyboard and battery especially when e spoil well. Sometimes they even go as far as stealing your hard disk.

When they start selling this stolen items u be like wow, money dae d business

You nor go know why I dey concur to your post. I have been there so I can relate with you 100% .

i will advice you start learning now. dont wait till you finish school

OP please don't mind some people Computer/Laptop repair/sales is not lucrative.they are all full of lies.

I have been in business of Laptop repair and sales over 15 years and I have never for once regretted my decision to join the field in 2004.

My advice to you is to get trained by a repair business man cos their are business aspect of the field too. For example, you need to know where you can get good and cheap laptops or phone in case someone need one.another thing to consider is you need to learn a Lil bit of phone repair too cos number of people using phone tripple the number of people using laptop.

Note: Make sure you learn from the best technician. its very important.

Good luck!

philest222:
Am a young undergraduate, plz I want to know how lucrative is computer and laptop repairs and I really want venture into it when am done with school, Plz candid advice is needed.

Nice work, you can gradually get into sales of second laptops, laptop batteries and other accessories

Coldie:

I have worked at garrison in port harcourt before for 3 months laptop repairs I saw them do things like dz almost everyday

I'm a chip level engr and I can tell you it is not always true.

iLegendd:


I guess it's because I started repairing electronics at age 13. For the late learners, maybe, there is much. I guess that's where you belong.

Programing, web design, and graphics, I'll also say it's not hard. Why? Started early.

Your reply proves to me most youths see everything as difficult and hard. I'm glad I don't belong there.

Oh, one more thing. If you have a computer repair business, then I apologize — labelling your business or field simple isn't a good thing.

Everyone wants their line of business to be talked about as "hard" so that they'll appear smart for venturing into such a hard thing.

Lol.. FYI I'm a chip level engr, you think I'm talking about changing screen, keyboard here?

I'm talking about fixing real laptop motherboard issues here.
I'm talking about dealing with fault like white screen display, dim display, plug in not Charging, charging percent showing 255% or 100% even though battery is is not fully charge.

Some keys on your keyboard not working even after replacing a new keyboard and so many other laptop motherboard issues.
Then when it comes to dealing with different laptop architecture ranging from Hub architecture to Soc then knowing the power sequence of 1st gen to 10gen.

You have to learn how to read schematic diagram and how to use boardview effectively.

And you're saying there isn't much? funny you.

udemzyudex:


I'm a chip level engr and I can tell you it is not always true.

One thing is common in our words almost and it's not always.

So do the math

The5DME:
Cc: udemzyudex your advise is needed here.

Laptop repair is lucrative but my advice is know the job well, you can decide to do card level repair( part replacement and software) or chip level repair (working on motherboard)

whichever one you choose to go into, try and support it with buying and selling(selling of parts, accessories or laptop)

Coldie:

One thing is common in our words almost and it's not always.

So do the math

Lol.. OK oo

Can I get ur contact?

udemzyudex:


Lol.. FYI I'm a chip level engr, you think I'm talking about changing screen, keyboard here?

I'm talking about fixing real laptop motherboard issues here.
I'm talking about dealing with fault like white screen display, dim display, plug in not Charging, charging person showing 255% or 100% even though battery is is not fully charge.

Some keys on your keyboard not working even after replacing a new keyboard and so many other laptop motherboard issues.
Then when it comes to dealing with different laptop architecture ranging from Hub architecture to Soc then knowing the power sequence of 1st gen to 10gen.

You have to learn how to read schematic diagram and how to use boardview effectively.

And you're saying there isn't much? funny you.

I didn't read what you wrote because lots of emotions will be involved.

Anyway, whatever you said, you are right and I'm wrong.

iLegendd:
There isn't much to repair in a computer. I do mine myself. Also, most Nigerians don't have a laptop — except some smart ones and the yahoo gang.

Phone will be better.

Wow, where did you get this conclusion and what part of Nigeria are you based? Almost everyone I know owns a laptop, even my parents at home. Nigeria has gone digital bro.

I'm a system engineer works with khemsafe computer,the biggest computer firm in kaduna, I'm one of the best engineer of my time with 7 years experience btw 2004 to 2011.l Left the field to further my education.
During those period, their was a boom in the business as every household, banks, companies, and firms are queuing to obtain computers. I deliberately delay my education because I was making hellout of money. my salary was just 12k then but before the month runs out, I will be having like 50-60k in my personal savings aside my salary.i don't even have time to flex because cliet do comes from all part of the country. I have traveled to 18 state in the northern part of the country.i never wanted to further my education because I was so young at 18y+ with time on my side.
in the engineering department we are about 8 engineers Making money for the organization and to ourselves secretly �. the organization allowed us to deal with clients directly,so each and everyone of us has his/ her clients. we also have females as engineer too. so because of that about 4 engineers left the organization with their clients base and they are making cool money in their respective offices.
To cut the story short, I started to notice early downtime in the business, competition set in, and the business wasn't that rosy anymore, so I had to leave to further my education.
After my education (2017) I met some of my colleagues who are still in to computer repairs and they practically told me that the business is no more lucrative like before. I asked them y, they said banks who happens to be our major market no longer allow their system out of their Bank because of sensitive data,so in that case they recruited their own engineers, along with many factors.
in my state here in Kaduna, you will starve if you venture into computer engineering alone as their are many of them struggling to survive. you need other knowledge on CCTV, networking,etc to survive.
my advice for you is to learn phone repair instead because guys that I know are making it 10x compare to those still in the computer field...
You need think as many organization now have their own engineers.

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philest222:
Am a young undergraduate, plz I want to know how lucrative is computer and laptop repairs and I really want venture into it when am done with school, Plz candid advice is needed.

my dear, add phone repair to it. Just get a good area with targeted audience and with God my dear the sky is your starting point

learn how to repair inverters and ups instead, laptop repairs involve changing components like screen , HDD and CD drive, nothing to fix on the board.

Most laptop repair techs are crooks, they sell u faulty laptops they claim they refurbished, they don't know that to refurbish something means to change bad parts not patch them.

fitinwell:
If you are skillfully in Computer Engineering ...why not start with a computer professional course.. so that you don't end up a quack doctor..

So many quack computer repairers in the system... Why don't you choose to stand out..

How many of our graduates of computer engineering even know how to use a multimeter? Most don't know what a multimeter is.

The real techs are those quacks you refer to, they have hands on practical experience minus their crooked nature.

Repair work is practical not grammar and certificate.

Coldie:
The ones that make money from it are those people that are very good at cheating people.

Water would enter your laptop sth that you can just easily clean with fuel and rag or tissue they will tell you your money is 12k...

Tell u to come back clean it with fuel and tissue and say they have done it, even start telling u the money is not enough that they had to change the mother board

If you can do it, why take it to the repairers?.

So you expect him to tell you it's #500 when we all know there's no fixed price for repairs

udemzyudex:


There isn't much?

Funny you, don't say what you don't know.

Obviously,he can't even do a basic reading with a multimeter.He thinks it's all about replacing screen,ram,thermal paste,processor etc.

Tell him to draw 5 volt from a capacitor to power a cooling fan,draw 3 volt to power the screen backlight(or fuse it) and he will fry the whole motherboard.

Albertone:


Obviously,he can't even do a basic reading with a multimeter.He thinks it's all about replacing screen,ram,thermal paste,processor etc.

Tell him to draw 5 volt from a capacitor to power a cooling fan,draw 3 volt to power the screen backlight(or fuse it) and he will fry the whole motherboard.

The guy is funny, he is just one of those over sabi guys that think they know it all, I bet he doesn't even know the 3 uses of resistor on a laptop motherboard not to talk of how mosfet or bjt work.

quentin06:
learn how to repair inverters and ups instead, laptop repairs involve changing components like screen , HDD and CD drive, nothing to fix on the board.

Most laptop repair techs are crooks, they sell u faulty laptops they claim they refurbished, they don't know that to refurbish something means to change bad parts not patch them.

Nothing to fix on the board? If you don't have knowledge about a particular thing, don't talk as if you're an expert in it.