Laptop Repair Birmingham

We offer an extensive range of services and support to resolve all number of laptop and computer problems in Birmingham.  Laptops can break down for many reasons and we are experts at pinpointing the correct solution to the problem.

Common laptop repair issues include

Windows not booting/starting up.

This is usually caused by 1 of 3 things.  Either a virus has gained control of the laptop and is refusing to start the machine – sometimes asking for credit card details to remove the virus before it will let you into the system.  Other more common reasons include a faulty hard disc drive.  Over time laptop hard discs can become corrupt due to age or if the laptop has been bumped.  Sometimes bad blocks on the disc will stop the operating system from loading (Windows/Mac/Linux)  not allowing the users access to their machine.

Finally sometimes windows update service can stop the operating system from loading.  Some updates may conflict with drivers on your laptop and stop windows from starting 100%.

These are common issues and in most cases data recovery is possible whilst making you system usable again.

There is a huge faulty range of nvidia based graphics cards inside HP and Compaq laptops that have a known fault. HP who also own Compaq have extended the warranty on some laptop models due to this known fault. However there are still a high number of models with the known fault that HP will not extend the warranty. Laptop repair Birmingham have seen a large number of the HP and Compaq range laptops over the past 2 years with this fault.

The fault usually occurs with no picture on the screen, this may be followed by a dead laptop when the power button is pressed the laptop briefly powered on. Unfortunately it’s a main board component fault so the cost of repair can by high if you take it to the wrong laptop repair specialist. Luckily as we’ve seen this fault so many times our labor charges and cost of parts to replace is minimal. Prices are usually half that of big brand companies such as PC World who will charge £240 to fix the laptop!

We believe at laptop repair Birmingham to give the customer a logical solution to the problem. What would the point be of charging £240 for a laptop repair if you can get a new laptop for an extra £100? Well PC World are hoping that you’ll just stump up the extra and they get another laptop sale. Here at Laptop Repair Birmingham as mentioned we can beat PC World laptop repair price by half at least, even more in most cases.

Our telephone number is clearly stated at the top of our website so if you have a laptop not turning on and live in Birmingham call us and speak directly to an laptop engineer for a good value quote.

Susan,

the way to test this would be to hook the laptop up to a computer monitor or projector, if there is an image whilst hooked up to a PC monitor or projector then it’s probably the screen that is faulty. However if you still do not get a picture then it will be aboard fault. Screen repairs are around £130, board faults are £150.

There is power. You just can’t see anything on the screen.

Susan

On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 2:19 PM, 777> wrote:

Susan,

you’d be looking at £150 for a laptop repair if there is no power, repair usually take about 3 weeks.

-Derek

Date: Tue, 11 May 2010 13:28:24 +0100

Hi there,

. I have a problem with my laptop. It’s a Sony Vaio vgn – z26gn. I upgraded it to windows 7 but had a problem with the drivers – the audio driver wasn’t working. So I put it back to Vista but the audio driver still wasn’t working. So I put on the recovery disk that the computer came with and when I did that the screen just went black and now the screen is showing nothing. I took it to be checked when I was in Greece (because I was there when it happened) but they were pretty useless and couldn’t tell me what was wrong. They thought maybe the graphics card wasn’t connected properly to the motherboard (or something like that).

Thanks for your time.

Susan

Smashed laptop screens
Broken laptop displays are one of the most common laptop repairs we under take. Usually a laptop or net book has been accidentally stood on / dropped / or picked up wrongly. The result is a smashed laptop screen.
Depending on the model of your laptop screen repair is cheap and fast. A replacement screen usually takes around 20 minutes depending on the model and stock availability of the particular LCD.
The LCD (liquid crystal display) is commonly fractured this leaves a warped image on the screen with lines and bleeding. You’ll find that screens are not usually repair but replaced. This has two advantages.

1) You get a new screen. With the choice of a gloss or matt finish.
2) A screen replacement take 20-60 minutes to swap out.

Prices of laptop screen repair in Birmingham all depend on the model and screen size of your laptop.
Screens can usually be source for the following sizes of laptops in either a gloss or matt finish
10.2” LCD (This size of screen usually fits netbooks such as the Samsung NC10)
14.1” LCD (Usually for smaller laptops such as some Sony VAIO)
15.4” LCD (This is the most common size of laptop screen we replace)
16 + Up LCD (As the screens get bigger the price goes up however there is not that great a difference in price)
We usually keep a variety of screens in stock. This allows us to quickly service your laptop and depending on model we will replace the broken laptop screen in your own home or office.
If you’d like a quote for a laptop repair in Birmingham please call us on 0121-369-0911 Read more…

Here at Laptop Repair Birmingham we see quite a few laptops that refuse to turn on. This is usually caused by a faulty component on the motherboard or the AC adapter surge.

When you bring your faulty laptop to us we will test both the AC adapter and the motherboard on the laptop for the fault. This is usually a component repair on the motherboard. Testing both bits of hardwar protects customers from this fault re-occuring.

Laptop repairs need not be expensive. Please call now for a quote.

Here are a list of laptop services we provide in the Birmingham area.

We not only repair laptops in Birmingham. We also repair netbooks in Birmingham.

Net books are smaller than ordinary laptops and can usually be classed as a net-book if they don’t have CD or DVD drive. Sometimes refereed to as the optical drive.

Did you forget to re-new your anti virus, or just have bad anti virus on your laptop? Do you now have a virus that needs removed from your laptop?

Laptop Repair Birmingham can removal all types of naties from your laptop. Our process is simple, we take the laptop back to the factory settings. Firstly backing up all your data this includes: files, documents, pictures, music, videos and emails. We then blast the system clean and format the hard drive.

We then recover our system back to the original state as wit was like when you first purchased the laptop. Then we restore your data. This process removes all viruses from the system. We will also recommend and sell you proper anti virus software so that future viruses do not infect your system.

If you have a virus and need virus removal service in Birmingham give us a call today and we can happily help remove the virus from your laptop.

We carry out laptop repair in Birmingham and see a lot of laptops that can’t start up properly.

The lights go on and the welcome screen come on but windows fails to load all the way. There a few reasons why this can happen.

1) Windows updates, this is security updates that windows automatically downloads from the Microsoft website. Sometimes the updates are not always 100% compatible with the laptop they are being installed on. There was an update last year that left many laptops without access to the main operating system windows Vista. The easiest way to fix this problem is to roll back the operating system to a restore point. This can be done with the Windows Vista install CD or special recovery tools if the install CD fails.

2) Bad hard disc. This is one of the most common issues with broken laptops. Hard disc drives are one of the only components in a laptop that have moving mechanical parts apart from the CD drive and fans. However the hard disc drive is critical to the system and sometimes they start to fail. In fact all hard discs will fail with enough time. They are also delicate devices and do not like shock or bumps. If the hard disc fails in a laptop the quickest repair is a new disc and re-install the operating system. Prices vary depending on the size of hard disc. There is also the option of recovering the data off the hold hard disc. This includes music, pictures, files, documents and video. However this is dependant on how badly the old drive has failed.

3) Viruses sometimes can cripple a laptop and will not allow you to boot into windows. I’ve seen this a number of times however most people think a virus is there to vreak a computer when infact new viruses try to steal your credit card information and make you part with money. They can also log all activity on your laptop so keep protected or you might have you might become a victim of ID fraud!

In all cases please give us a call here at laptop repair Birmingham and we’ll help get your system up and running again.

More often than not laptop issue occur because of faulty hard disc drives.  One of the only mechanical parts inside a laptop with moving parts this device stores all the information for your laptop computer.  Drive failure will occur to all laptop hard drives over a given period of time and it the most common issue of hardware fault.

We can source a replacement hard disc drive for your laptop with the correct size, speed and make that will work with your laptop.  Newer hard disc drives are coming onto the market known as solid state drives.  These operate at much faster speeds, consume less energy and are solid state which means they’ll last a lot longer than a traditional hard disc drive with moving parts.

However these new solid state hard disc drives do come at quite a high price compared to a normal laptop hard drive which can be purchased for as much lower sums of money.  Here at laptop repair birmingham we like to offer our customers the best solution at the most economical price hence the reason why we state the options of a traditional hard disc drive or the newer solid state drive.

If you have a bad hard drive in your laptop we will try and recover all the date off the old drive and transfer to your new drive.  Leaving you with a satisfied better value for money service compared to our competitors who will just fit a new drive and bin your old one!