What do 1,300 Panasonic Toughbook CF30 Laptops look like?
One of our lease partners just got in several thousand laptops. If you’ve ever wondered where we get our used laptops – well, this is one of the sources. Units come in and we purchase them, go through them, discover any issues, fix them, and prepare them for their new homes. The laptops are not […]
Announcement: Possible Closings October 3-5 2015
As of October 2, 2015, Hurricane Joaquin is tracking eastward but we are in for a soaking here in the triangle. We’ll be open assuming that there is power and the rainfall isn’t too bad. Our staff commutes in from Raleigh, Durham, Pittsboro, and Chapel Hill, and of course, we want them and our customers […]
Raleigh NC MacBook Air Battery Replacement
This week we had a MacBook Air come in for repair. This one simply needed a battery replacement. This MacBook Air in particular was a few years old, model A1245. The batteries in these machines are on the inside of the notebook. Genuine batteries are fairly expensive and aftermarket batteries are under $99 installed. Prices […]
Computer Problems from Hurricane Joaquin
As of October 2, 2015, Hurricane Joaquin is tracking eastward but we are in for a soaking here in the triangle. Heavy rain means wet ground. Wet ground mean downed trees. Downed trees mean downed power lines. Downed power lines mean power surges. Power surges mean broken laptops and computers. If your computer will not […]
Dell Inspiron 5521 Laptop Motherboard Replacement
Today we had a Dell Inspiron 5521 laptop come in for repair. This particular unit belongs to one of our local clients right here in Cary, North Carolina. The laptop would not turn on. Our free diagnostics revealed that the unit needed a laptop motherboard replacement. Any time a laptop needs a motherboard replaced we […]
Pre-Owned MacBook Pro Notebooks in Stock October 2015
Just in: We just received several used MacBook Pro laptops which are in stock and ready to go. Many of the MacBook Pro units are late 2011 models with some misc 2012 and 2013. The late 2011 units feature DVD drives which are very sought after! These have been outfitted by us with new solid […]
Toshiba Satellite L55t Laptop Hinge Repair
Today a Toshiba Satellite L55t laptop came in for repair. The owner told us that it had a bad hinge. Laptop hinge problems can be a variety of issues: sometimes the metal hinge is broken, but in many cases with HP, ACER, Gateway, ASUS and Toshiba laptops, the plastic that the hinge attaches to is […]
Locally Built Computers in Cary NC October 2015
Today a customer came in and bought a machine because he was looking for a locally owned computer shop. We had done a few laptop repairs for him in the past and we came to mind when he was looking for a new computer. Good for him! We shop locally, too! 🙂 You always get […]
Toshiba Satellite L645 Laptop No Display Repair
This week we had a Toshiba Satellite L645 laptop come in for repair. The L645 is a laptop which sports a dual core Intel processor around 2Ghz. They are a nifty 14″ laptop and closing in on the end of their life cycle. At the moment, some people do desire to keep them around a […]
Lenovo ThinkPad X201 Hard Drive Replacement
Today we had a Lenovo ThinkPad X201 Laptop come in for a hard drive replacement. This particular laptop would not boot to Windows. After powering on, the Windows 7 welcome screen would hang. The customer described it as “frozen”. After discovering the hard drive was bad we informed our customer, who opted for a new […]
HP Envy Laptop LCD Screen Replacement
The HP Envy laptop line is a series we frequently get in for LCD screen replacement. Overall these units aren’t too bad. Many of HP laptops in the Envy line use use the Intel i5 processor. Of course, any laptop is susceptible to a broken screen. Screens are made of glass and do crack. Most […]
Samsung QX411 Laptop DC Jack Repair
This week we had a Samsung QX411 laptop come in for a DC Jack repair. You can read about bad power jack symptoms and the repairs we provide over on our comprehensive page on laptop power jack repair. In this case the power jack was grounding to the motherboard and surgery took a couple of […]
HP 2000 Laptop 90B Fan Error Problem
We have had multiple HP 2000 laptops coming in recently with a 90B Fan Error message. Unfortunately, on the last several machines that have come through, we have determined that the motherboard is defective. Things that may fix other HPs: Replace the processor fan Update the BIOS 99% of the time when a laptop displays […]
Sandisk Cruzer USB Drive Data Recovery
If you have a broken flash drive feel free to check out our flash drive data recovery service. This drive in particular is a Sandisk Cruzer 16GB USB flash drive. The user had accidentally smashed it while the drive was sticking out of their computer. After it as broken, all 4 “pads” lifted off of […]
New Custom PC Sold September 2015 for Cary NC Customer
Below is one of the new “cube” custom PCs we have been selling a bunch of lately. This machine was built for a recent customer of ours who was experiencing power surges. Specs: Intel -3 CPU ASRock Motherboard 512GB Solid State Hard Drive 8GB RAM Windows 10 Here’s the PC being built: It is amazing […]