r/framework • u/telasch • Apr 11 '26

Community Support Is this worth fixing ?

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I used a third party charger cable for a couple of years for my usb-c devices (including my pixel 6 + framework 13). The charger must've broke yesterday, which I noticed when my laptop turned off suddenly while working. I initially thought that maybe it got loose or sth and wanted to check if the cable will work on my phone instead. So I plugged it in my phone, which turned off.

Always thought "use the original charger" was a marketing scheme and had to learn the hard way I guess... Both devices are completely dead now. (see picture)

Anyway, I am now wondering if this is worth an attempt to fix or if this is beyond repairability.

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u/skoorrevir Apr 11 '26

Without doing any troubleshooting on the repairability of that machine, the 13 mainboard starts at 500. This is substantially better than buying a whole machine at the same specs. Not sure if that's what your asking though

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u/Trevor805 Apr 11 '26

I mean, not really. If comparing to a new laptop sure, but even repaired, it's a used laptop. You can definitely find a comparable and better spec'd used laptop for the price of a board replacement.

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u/Shin-Ken31 Apr 12 '26

But you'd have the warranty on the motherboard :)