Raleigh Verizon Cell Phone Outage September 21, 2015
Can you hear me now??? Raleigh area Verizon customers got a surprise today, voice services on their cell phones stopped working. Here is a map of the current outage: The outage begun around 3PM ET. A Los Angeles client of ours has his service out as well. Verizon said they are working on the problem. […]
Power Surges Harming Computers in Cary’s Glenridge Neighborhood
Today a good customer of ours came in with a computer problem; her computer was no longer powering on. We checked it out using our free diagnostics. A few days later we contacted her with some strange news; the machine had both a defective motherboard and a hard drive with bad sectors. It is likely […]
Sony Laptop Replacement Motherboard with UEFI BIOS Won’t See Hard Drive
We came across a problem today at the shop. Someone had replaced the motherboard on their Sony Vaio laptop. The old motherboard had a problem so they bought a replacement on eBay. The replacement board worked, but, the unit would just boot up to “operating system not found”. No matter which key they pressed they […]
ThinkPad T410s Runs Hot
The “s” designates “slimline” on ThinkPad units. Cramming this much horsepower into a slim unit creates one issue- getting the heat out of a machine. Last week yet another ThinkPad T410s laptop came through the door. This one was in for its annual fan replacement. The fan “worked” and was not loud or throwing up […]
Lenovo ThinkPad T420 Fan Replacement
Last week we had a ThinkPad T420 come in for a fan replacement. The T series is one of our favorite laptops and we have sold them since the introduction of the T20. Since the T60 units were released, one of the first parts of the unit that usually wears out is the fan. In […]
Toshiba Satellite A665 15.6″ LCD Screen Repair
This week we had a Toshiba Satellite A665 come in for a screen repair. The laptop’s 15.6″ LCD was cracked after it fell of of a desk. The Satellite A655 has a powerful i7 CPU and a Nvidia GeForce 310M GPU. The user had also recently upgraded to windows 10. This is a laptop keeping […]
10 Years of Blogging on Absoluteraleigh.com
Today we launched the latest revision of our website. Man, it has looked funky many times over the years. We’re going back to the basics. At one point when we moved from HTML to WordPress, much of the blog was lost, as in 2005-2010. Well, right there on the webserver, sitting in a zip file, […]
Lenovo G580 Laptop Hinge Problem
Laptop hinge repairs are generally anywhere from $40 – $129, however, pricing varies greatly from model to model. This week a customer wrote in and said: I am using a Lenovo G-580 Laptop and recently the Hinge of my Laptop got broken. The LCD is fine and it is working properly. Only problem I am […]
Windows 8.1 Screen Flashing at Desktop on Laptop
We have had a lot of laptops come in for repair lately running Windows 8.1 which boot up to the desktop and have a flashing or blinking screen. This problem is usually caused by a conflict in Norton Internet Security or Norton Antivirus / Norton 360. The issue seems to occur on units running Windows […]
I broke my Macbook screen – can it be fixed?
The short answer is yes. Apple has come out with various different screens over the last few years. Macbook Pro models have a protective glass layer over the LCD and if it breaks, we can replace just that piece. We have had customers tell us they were quoted over $700 for a repair for which […]
Free Windows 10 Upgrade
If you own a computer with Windows 7 or Windows 8, you can get a fee upgrade from Microsoft to Windows 10. Here are the details: You need to reserve an appointment to get the download – normally this is done by clicking the Windows 10 icon (2×2 blocks forming a square in the bottom […]
HP LCD Bezel Cover Sticker – missing / damaged / over charged
We have gotten inquiries from customers wondering if they were overcharged on their computer repair by someone else or if the computer repair done on their machine was poorly done because the computer was not returned similar to the way it was originally. The specific problem that I want to discuss involves HP laptops that […]
Closed for 4th of July Weekend
We will be closed July 3 (Friday), July 4 (Sat) and July 5 (Sun) for the holiday weekend. We will reopen on July 6 at 9AM. We wish you a Happy Independence Day!
Closed for Memorial Day weekend
We will be closing on May 22 at 6 PM and reopening on May 26 at 9 AM. We appreciate your business. We hope you have a good holiday weekend. Do remember the reason for the holiday and remember those that have given all for this country.
Should I respond to a friend request from Flipora?
I got a request to accept a friend request from someone I don’t know very well. It appears to be from the Flipora app. This isn’t a virus but you don’t want to accept this request even if it is from your mother. Note that Flip, Flipora and Infoaxe are all the same company – […]