| There are a number of common problems that can occur on laptops - read below for some help. Alternatively, give us a call for some free advice. More contact details | |
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Laptop not booting up or starting. |
When a Laptop
crashes or halts and switches itself off , this fault is caused by
a number of different reasons. One could be the physical memory or
ram on the motherboard . If you take out your ram and replace it with
another chip running at the same speed this may fix the error. However
there are other reasons for crashes. One is the dreaded blue screen
often called the blue screen of death. This blue screen has terrified
many I.T techies , not because it is a severe problem but mainly because
there are so many reasons why you get a blue screen . It could just
be that the software i.e. windows is not installed correctly or it
could be that your windows cd is scratched when you are installing
it .It could mean you have a virus. It could be your memory (RAM)
. Maybe your hard drive has had its day . The usual scenario is to
work it out by the golden rule............ . Is this caused by hardware
or software ? Consider re-installing windows with a good CD. If after
windows is installed and you still get the blue screen then its the
hardware. Swop out the physical memory replace it with a new chip
. Did this work ? If not maybe your hard drive has a problem. If your
partitioning the disk always do a slow format .Using the quick format
of ntfs often does not remove viruses. It could be that all your drivers
are not installed correctly check your graphics card is seated correctly
and check that all drivers are installed in device manager . Finally
check your motherboard .
What if your laptop does not boot up at all ?. If you have a Sony laptop not booting The above link can help you with all your laptop boot up problems. |
| Broken power connector pins | One of the most common
calls is for broken power connector socket pins. Often a power cord is kicked
or pulled and the power pin is often broken. Sometimes the pin snaps
off the motherboard. Sometimes the motherboard breaks. Usually its
a simple case of the pin breaking from the board . Often getting the
pins repaired by the manufacturers is costly and time-consuming. We
fix these broken power pins for around £110.00-140.00 (the £140.00
is if the motherboard is cracked and broken.) This is around half
the price manufacturers charge for the same repair..
If your laptop has a broken power pin regardless of the make and model we can fix it. |
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Viruses Most computer problems are caused by programs loading into the start up files. Learn about msconfig from a google search it will fix most problems. |
You would think that as an engineer, replacing a motherboard would be harder than fixing a laptop with a virus. How wrong you could be! Viruses are generally our biggest headaches and there are hundreds of thousands of them. We can repair a laptop in 45 minutes but viruses sometimes take up to 8 hours to fix, especially if we have to back up data. Picture the scene...here I am waiting for a callout to fix a laptop. The phone rings and someone calls to say they have the Natas32.worm, can you fix it? Hmmmm....can I fix it? Well, chances are I have never even heard of it. But hold on, I am a laptop engineer, surely I can fix anything on a laptop! Well in this case you have to be like a doctor and prescribe antibiotics. Yes, I can remove the virus but this usually means reinstalling the entire operating system. Try this first - go to start-programs-accessories-system tools-system restore and set your computer back to when it was working fine.I have also found that many anti-virus applications are a waste of money. You buy software and install it, it scans the system and promptly informs you there is no virus, when clearly this is not the case. You do the internet updates and the virus is still there, what a nightmare!. The helpline is expensively unhelpful and in there defence you will never be totally up-to-date with viruses as so many come out every day. We have found Avast antivirus very good. If you think you may have a virus try to back up your files as soon as possible. Give us a call for free advice. |
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