- Enabled a Windows 10 PC to connect to a Virgin Broadband router. This shouldn’t have been an issue, but we got it working as it should and the customer was happy with the work and price.
- Fixed a non-booting Windows 10 computer. The computer was booting only part of the time…the customer was interested in computers so we worked through things together and got it sorted, and he learnt a but at the same time.
- Fixed a blue screen of death on a computer game programmer’s student laptop. The blue screen was seemingly random but after a thorough clean, health check and test, we experienced no more errors. Upon giving the laptop back to the customer we found out that he had already been to a local competitor on Ecclesall Road who had charged over twice the price we did (and the problem was not fixed). We always offer after sales service and advice and a fair guarantee on any work.
- Removed a CD stuck in an 21.5″ iMac. The customer already had a USB DVD drive so wasn’t concerned about if the internal DVD drive could be repaired. After the CD was extracted, the drive still didn’t work correctly, so as instructed, the internal DVD drive was disconnected to prevent it making any noise plus reduce power consumption. We also sealed the DVD slot on the side of the machine with insulation tape so disks couldn’t be inserted in the future – the tape was internal so from the outside the DVD slot looked like it was fine.
- Downgraded from Windows 10 to Windows 7 on a Toshiba Ultrabook. Windows 10 start menu and other necessary functions weren’t working and the customer just wanted a reliable system. As an added bonus we got the the small SSD drive in the computer used as cache to speed up the system that got disabled when Windows 10 was installed working again. After some other fine tuning the system is probably working better than it was when it was first switched on.
- Dramatically increased the speed of an old Windows Vista PC for a couple who have no need to upgrade or buy a new computer. They were happy to save hundreds on the cost of a new computer.
- Fixed a hard drive connection issue on a 2012 MacBook Pro. The drive wasn’t being recognised and booting correctly, now works as good as ever.
- Replaced the regular hard drive of a 2008 MacBook with an solid state drive (SSD) and upgraded the RAM from 2GB to 8GB – system is pretty much maxed out…and performs like it booting to usable state in about 20 seconds. Very happen customer who will get at least a few more years use out of the machine now.
- Security wipe of an entire Windows PC computer after remote access scam, including backing up data before wipe, restoring data after wipe, updates and installation of common programs so all ready to go.
- Installation of powerline networking kit for blanket WiFi coverage of entire (huge) house.
- Fixed dim LCD screen on Asus laptop.
- Restored emails lost in Windows 10 Mail app
- Replace hard drive in Macbook Pro, reinstalled MacOS, set up iCloud and all services and installed common programs.
- Created an invoice template for a local electrical services company. They can easily create digital invoices for printing and emailing.
- Created a ‘blog’ website for a local customer. The site was custom made to their liking including, images, layout, and functionality.
- Removed a broken off headphone jack stuck in a Macbook headphone socket. A cracking bit of DIY was required to remove the stuck piece of headphone jack – this done, saved the customer around £200 by avoiding the cost of a new mainboard.
