by admin | Oct 11, 2026 | blog
In September 2026 an Xbox Series X came into our Cambridge workshop with no picture. Its HDMI port had already been replaced by another repair shop about six months earlier, and the customer was sure the inside of the console was fine. It was not. This is what we...
by admin | Oct 11, 2026 | blog
This PlayStation 5 came into our Cambridge workshop for what the customer called “just an HDMI port replacement”. It left with a rebuilt cooling system, new liquid metal and a repaired HDMI port. Forty days later it was back with a dead disc drive, and...
by admin | Oct 11, 2026 | blog
Most PC builders online send you a box and a phone number. We do it differently. You tell us what you want, you bring your own parts or we find them, we build the PC in our Cambridge workshop, we stress-test it for 12 hours and we hand it over ready to use. If...
by admin | May 25, 2023 | blog
Thermal paste, also known as thermal compound, is a substance that is used to enhance heat transfer between two surfaces. It is commonly used in computer systems and electronic devices to improve the efficiency of heat dissipation. The primary purpose of thermal paste...
by admin | Aug 17, 2022 | blog
Updated 2 November 2026: rewritten and checked for Windows 10 and Windows 11. BitLocker is the drive encryption built into Windows Pro. Switch it on and anyone who takes your laptop, or pulls out its SSD, sees only scrambled data. Out of the box, though, BitLocker...