Guides
Short, practical notes that help you get more out of the files.
Where the board number is printed, how to read Compal, Quanta, Wistron, Inventec and Apple numbers, and how to check it without opening the laptop.
Read Guide · 4 minHow to open boardview files (.brd, .bdv, .fz, .cad, .tvw)Which program opens which boardview format — OpenBoardView, FlexBV, Tebo-ICT viewer — plus tips for using a boardview together with a schematic.
Read Guide · 3 minSchematic vs boardview: what you need for repairThe difference between a schematic and a boardview, when you need each, and how to use them together to repair a laptop or motherboard.
Read Guide · 4 minWho really makes your laptop board: Compal, Quanta, Wistron and other ODMsMost laptop brands don't design their own motherboards. Learn which ODM builds boards for Dell, HP, Lenovo, Acer and Asus, and how to read their board numbers.
Read Guide · 6 minLaptop won't turn on? A schematic-based diagnosis planA practical step-by-step plan for diagnosing a no-power laptop motherboard using the schematic and boardview: adapter, charger, always-on rails, EC and power sequence.
ReadAlfred Founder & curator
Hi, I'm Alfred. For more than ten years I've been writing software that collects and organises data — scrapers, catalogues, automation pipelines. Repair documentation turned out to be the perfect mess to clean up.
The files you find here were collected by the community in the Telegram channel @schematicslaptop. Great archive, terrible search. I wrote a parser that reads every file name, recognises the brand, the ODM manufacturer (Compal, Quanta, Wistron…) and the board number, and turns it into pages you can actually search and browse.
I don't host the files — every download button leads to the original Telegram post, so the credit stays with the people who shared them. If something is sorted wrong or a file is missing, write to me and I'll fix it.