Replaced at your doorstep · Same-day fit
Base, palmrest, and bottom-case replacement for Dell, HP, Lenovo, Asus, Acer, Apple MacBook — OEM-grade fit at your home or office across 50 Hyderabad zones. ₹2,500 onwards ·
Most base replacement cases fall into one of these eight patterns. We’ve seen each one many times — there’s a fix for every single case.
Spider-web crack from a drop, table corner, or laptop-bag impact. Plastic fatigue at hinge mount or air vent.
Hinge no longer holds lid angle. Internal screw boss in the base has cracked away from the chassis.
Visible crack running from palmrest edge towards the keyboard. Common on Aspire, VivoBook, Inspiron after 3-4 years of daily flex.
Battery has swollen and pushed the base outward. Replace battery and base together — once flexed, plastic doesn’t return.
Feet have come off, screws lost, base wobbles on a flat desk. Loose internal connections, intermittent shutdown risk.
Coffee/water spill warped the plastic. Base no longer aligns with the keyboard frame above it.
Laptop is functionally fine but cosmetically tired — many customers replace the base for resale value.
Previous repair shop closed without aligning the base properly. Lid catches, battery sits crooked.
A laptop’s base (or bottom case) does three jobs you don’t see: it provides structural rigidity for the keyboard frame and motherboard above it, it holds the hinge mounts that take the daily torque of opening and closing the lid, and it directs airflow through the bottom-mounted intake vents to the cooling fan. When the base cracks, all three are compromised. The keyboard starts flexing under your typing, the hinge mount loosens (lid won’t hold its angle), and dust gets pulled directly through the crack onto the motherboard. Living with a cracked base for 6 months often turns a ₹2,500 base swap into a ₹8,000 thermal-overheating-cleanup or a ₹15,000 motherboard repair.
The most common base-failure point is the hinge mount screw boss — a small plastic post that the hinge screws into. After 3-5 years of daily lid open/close cycles, the post fatigues and snaps off. The hinge then tears against the surrounding plastic on every open, widening the crack. We’ve seen Aspire, VivoBook, IdeaPad, Inspiron all develop this fault around the same year-mark. Reinforcing with epoxy buys you maybe 6 months; full base replacement gives the laptop another 3-4 years of life.
For MacBooks, Apple ships the bottom case as a single piece — the unibody design means the bottom is a milled aluminium plate, not plastic. Cracks are rare but dents, scuffs, and bent corners are common from drops or backpack pressure. Replacement is straightforward (10-screw bottom-case removal), and the part is genuine Apple aluminium with the right serial-number etch matching your laptop. ₹6,500–₹12,000 depending on model. The lid (display assembly) is a separate part with its own price — we always quote both if both are damaged.
For Windows laptops, the base is part of a 3-piece chassis: bottom case + palmrest (top frame, with keyboard) + lid. Each can be replaced independently with OEM-grade parts. Base replacement is the most common, palmrest second (usually for liquid damage), lid swap third. We carry Tier-1 OEM-spec parts for Dell Inspiron, Latitude, Vostro, XPS, HP Pavilion, Envy, Spectre, EliteBook, Lenovo IdeaPad, ThinkPad, Yoga, Asus VivoBook, ZenBook, ROG, Acer Aspire, Swift, Predator. Service tag confirms exact part number before order.
Before quoting base replacement, we always assess whether epoxy reinforcement (₹500–₹1,500) buys enough life for an older laptop, or whether full base swap is the better long-term fix. We’ll tell you both options honestly with cost and life-extension estimates.
Most base replacement cases complete in under 90 minutes at your doorstep. You watch every step.
Technician checks if base is reinforceable or needs full swap. ₹149 visit charge covers travel.
Exact part number for your service tag, exact price — in writing. Reinforcement vs replacement options.
Bottom case swapped, motherboard transplanted, hinge mounts realigned, all screws torqued to spec.
You verify lid travel, hinge tension, keyboard flex, base flatness. Pay only after you’re happy. 30-day warranty.
Typical ranges below. Final price is fixed in writing at diagnosis — we never start chargeable work without your approval.
All prices include OEM-grade part + labour + 30-day warranty. Compatible aftermarket bases (90-day parts warranty) available for older / discontinued models — we always disclose part type before fitting.
Everything customers ask before booking a base replacement repair in Hyderabad.
A cracked or dented base usually pairs with one of these related repairs — we quote them together to save a second visit.
A drop or crush that broke the base often damaged screen, hinge, or motherboard too. Combined damage assessment.
Stress at the hinge mount on the base often cracks both. Replace base + hinge brackets together.
The keyboard cassette mounts to the base/palmrest. Damaged base often means keyboard replacement too.
A spill that warped the base usually corroded the board underneath. Liquid-damage protocol applied first.
Dent on the palmrest usually stresses the touchpad. Touchpad swap if it stopped responding properly.
If the lid bezel cracked open in the same drop, screen + base get replaced together.
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We’ll identify the model, quote the exact OEM base, and slot a doorstep visit — usually same-day. ₹149 visit, No Fix — No Fee, 30-day warranty.