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A Dell G15 5520 came in with a torn hinge, a dead battery, dust and malware. Cleaned and re-greased hinges, a new LCD back cover and battery, fresh paste, Windows 11 and 16 GB dual-channel RAM – faster than new. Laptop repairs in Cambridge & Dagenham.

Cracked MacBook screen and shocked by the quote? Watch a real MacBook Air screen replacement from our Cambridge workshop and see why MacBook screens cost so much, what the part alone costs and what your options are.

An Acer Predator Helios 300 came in freezing and lagging in games. Inside: a dust mat and a botched re-paste. Deep clean, fresh paste and double RAM: 92 to 76 °C, no throttling.

A drink over the keyboard, the laptop dries, it works, and a month later it is dead. What liquid really does inside a laptop, why you must not turn it on, why a dead board can mean lost data, and how we clean and repair liquid-damaged motherboards in Cambridge and Dagenham.

An Xbox Series X whose HDMI port had been replaced elsewhere six months earlier came in with no picture. Torn pads, damaged tracks, dried paste and a blocked heatsink: here is the repair, step by step.

A PS5 that came in for “just an HDMI port” turned out to be the dirtiest console we have seen. Forty days later its disc drive died, and the replacement was anything but a simple swap.

Bring your own parts or let us source them. We build your PC exactly the way you planned it, test it for 12 hours and hand it over ready to use, with local support in Cambridge and Dagenham.

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...

BitLocker uses 128-bit encryption and TPM-only unlock by default. Here is how to switch to XTS-AES 256-bit and add a start-up PIN, step by step.

Good IT does not always mean purchasing the latest equipment or device. You don’t need to upgrade your computer each time a company releases a newer version. A new computer system won’t make you more productive. Similarly, a newly released tablet won’t make your...