Guides & notes from the bench
Our laptop repair guides give plain explanations of the faults we see most, so you can work out what is wrong before you pay anyone, including us.
Dead machines are rarely as dead as they look. Four checks to try before anyone quotes you for a new board.
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Two shops, the same fault, wildly different numbers. The reason is almost always repair versus replacement.
A crack means a new panel. But the impact that caused it often bent something else, and that part gets missed.
An honest way to work out when a repair stops making financial sense.
Three tests you can do before paying for a screen you may not need.
The noises, delays and errors that come before a drive dies, and what to back up first.
Why a machine that slows down after twenty minutes almost always needs cleaning, not replacing.
Battery, charging port, or the adapter. They look identical from the outside and cost very different amounts to fix.