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Many engineers find opening a pc more easy to repair than a laptop.
The pc has 2 screws on the back that you undo and then your in. On a laptop its a bit more tricky. On the base you have around 10 screws on the back you have screws, under the keyboard holding the hard disk, holding the cd rom are all different shapes and sizes of screws. This is why laptop moherboard repairs must be carried out by an experienced engineer. No not someone who has an a+ certificate this means nothing. The enineer should have at least 5 years experience on computers before attempting to open a laptop.

Viruses are softwares that cause a slowdown to your pc and attack settings in order to force the user to purchase software to remove the virus. If you use an up to date antivirus you should be fine. Be very carefull when you click on website links that you are not sure 100% that the link is genuine.
A virus can cause hardware problems. Imagine a piece of software that sends instructions to the processor but not just hundreds of times a second but hundreds of thousands of times a second this will cause the processor to over heat. If the computer fan is allready clogged up with dust this can cause a major problem and may cause the computer to shut off. Viruses can sometimes cause problems with laptop screens. Remember this is a software problem not a hardware problem.
The best way to kill a computer virus is back upmyour data and reload windows. We guarentee to remove viruses from laptops and computers give us a call today for help.

Windows problems are almost always because of files missing or corrupt. Viruses cause corrupt files and mess with windows system files. In fact thats all viruses are designed for, they will attack the windows\system32 folder and cause mayhem. Pop ups like ” missing operating system ” can usually be fixed by removing the hard, plugging the hard disk into a hard disk external caddy, save the files. Then reload windows and then put your files back on to the computer. for pc repairs in London try pc repair london.  If this works the first thing is install antivirus software like avast we have found it to be greatbat removing viruses.

Memory slots on laptops are quite sensitive. If you want to upgrade your memmory you need to be careful when taking memory out and putting the new memory in. One customer open the memory slot compartment with the battery in and dropped the screwdriver on the motherboard shorted out the chipset. The chipset is the most important component on the motherboard it controls communications between all the important components on the motherboard, break this chip and its game over, order a new motherboard. Also some customers have forced memory into the slot very hard and broken one of the 144 pins on the motherboard. One company that can help with laptop memory, or memory slot problems is laptop repairs docklands. They are specialists in laptop motherboard repairs.
Also be carefull with grease. You cannot see the grease on your hands, you pick up the memory chip and touch the contacts and cause memory problems a trade secret is to clean these contacts with an eraser. Memory slot problems are solved when contacts are clean and the upgrades of memory are performed very carefully.

Is your computer dead?. No life at all ? Whats caused this proble?.
When you get no life at all on a pc the usual reason is becasue of the power supply. Its the power supply of 12 volts that makes the pc come to life. When you press the power button there is a wire that leads form the power button to the motherboard to a connector called power sw. This sends a message to the positive 12v conne tor on your board to wake the computer up. The chipset wakes up and loads the bios. a good company for help in this regard is london pc repair. They can help with issues like this.
If your pc is dead, change e power supply. If it still does not boot up at all and you get no life from the pc then the next step is to check the motherboard.

Hard disk failures happen usually because of old age. Sometimes though a hard disk will fail because of mishandling of the laptop, drops or breakages and overheating. Hard disks work very hard doing most of the donkey work inside your computer. While all the other parts sit still, the hard disk is spinning like crazy transffering data and information.
Always back up your hard disk at least once a week because believe me one day your hard disk WILL fail. They all do on a long enough timeline all hard disks will fail. You can back up your data onto an external usb disk. You can purchase these from most large stores like tesco or marks and spencer and you should pay around £5 for a 4 gb usb. Back up your data today it will save you a headache tomorrow.

Does your computer switch off unexpectedly? Does it just fail in the middle of your work?. This could be down to fan failure. Your fan inside your computer cools Down the processor and the temperature control under your cpu will switch off when overheating occurs. Claen the fan out that sits on top of your cpu or it will switch off. Then put some cpc heatsink coolant on top of your processor. Check all fans are clean and turning well,as this is usually the main culprit of a laptop switching off. Fans should be cleaned out every 3 months some companies will do this for free for example laptop repairs canary wharf are a callout comany that cleans fans for free. Look them up on google.