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Guides & notes from the bench

What we learn, written down.

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.

Lenovo laptop with a black screen and a finger on the power button
Pinned·Diagnostics

Lenovo Laptop Not Turning On? Start Here Before You Panic

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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Technician working on Lenovo and Dell laptops at a GRV IT Solutions service bench
Blog·5 min read

Lenovo or Dell Laptop Service Centre: How to Choose, and When Authorised Is Actually Worth It

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Laptop keyboard with keycaps removed showing the scissor switches
Maintenance·3 min read

Laptop Keyboard Replacement: Dead Keys, Trackpads and Ports

Dead keys are not always a dead keyboard. Two quick tests tell you whether the fault is above or below the deck.

Liquid spilled across a laptop keyboard, the laptop propped to drain
Diagnostics·3 min read

Laptop Liquid Damage: The First Ten Minutes Decide Everything

Spilled something? What you do in the next ten minutes matters more than anything a repair shop can do later.

M.2 NVMe SSD held above an empty slot inside an open laptop
Maintenance·3 min read

SSD Upgrade for a Laptop: The Cheapest Speed You Can Buy

If your laptop still has a spinning disk, this single change will do more than anything else you could spend on it.

Laptop battery pack lifted out of the chassis with its connector detached
Maintenance·3 min read

Laptop Battery Replacement: How to Know It Is Actually Time

One built-in Windows command tells you the truth about your battery in about thirty seconds.

External SSD connected to a laptop during a data backup
Data·3 min read

Laptop Data Backup and Restore: A Plan That Takes One Evening

Most people back up nothing until the day they need it. Here is a routine that takes one evening to set up.

Laptop spare parts laid out in a grid: keyboard, battery, fan, SSD and hinge
Buying Advice·6 min read

Lenovo Parts: Genuine, Compatible and Used, Explained

Genuine, compatible or a used pull. All three are legitimate, and you should know which is going into your machine.

Bare laptop motherboard on an anti static mat with a fine tip tweezer
Buying Advice·6 min read

Lenovo Motherboard Price: Why Two Quotes Differ So Much

Two shops, the same fault, wildly different numbers. The reason is almost always repair versus replacement.

Cracked laptop screen with fracture lines spreading from the impact point
Diagnostics·6 min read

Cracked Laptop Screen? What to Check Before You Replace It

A crack means a new panel. But the impact that caused it often bent something else, and that part gets missed.

An older opened laptop beside a newer closed laptop for a repair or replace decision
Buying Advice·5 min read

Laptop Repair or Replace? An Honest Way to Decide

An honest way to work out when a repair stops making financial sense.

Laptop display panel lifted away with the ribbon display cable unclipped
Blog·3 min read

Laptop Black Screen: Is It the Panel, the Cable or the Board?

Three tests you can do before paying for a screen you may not need.

Opened mechanical hard drive showing the platter and read head arm
Data·6 min read

Hard Drive Failure Signs You Should Never Ignore

The noises, delays and errors that come before a drive dies, and what to back up first.