New 2015 Laptop Reviews

We have come across a great article covering some of the new laptops to arrive this year. Definitely worth a read to anyone in the market for a new machine simply click the below link.

Laptop Reviews 2015

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Nexus 7 Charging Port Repair

Collected a Nexus 7 tablet yesterday with a faulty charging port. The customer had told us that it had suddenly stopped charging but was working fine apart from that. Eventually the battery ran out and wouldn't turn back on as it was completely drained.

nexus 7 charging port repair leeds

After testing the charger they provided with a test device we ruled out that it didn't relate to that as their charger worked fine with our test device. We then removed and replaced the Nexus 7 flex dc jack. Again to no avail, after then testing the battery which worked fine we were starting to scratch our heads! We then revisited the charger they had provided and looked at the device we had used it on which although charging had done about 5% in an hour! We then tested a new adapter with their tablet and it came on after 10 minutes. It turned out that although their adapter was working it wasn't fully functional and couldn't charge the battery enough to get the tablet in a state where it turned on. Should you have any similar issues or just want a bit of advice feel free to get in touch.

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Toshiba C55 no csm in bios - no csm option - bios update 1.30 Fix

We've decided to tackle our blog in a different way from here on in. Every time we come across a fault that may help a wider audience that is very specific we are going to do our best to inform people in the same boat as to how to rectify and fix it! 

First one out of the gate is the booting options missing in toshiba C55 specifically the CSM option. We came across a laptop with a dead hard drive and customer wanted to downgrade to windows 7. After simply going to bios to enable CSM to our confusing there was no such option... After digging around and trying a few half hearted things we managed to fix it.

Turns out under the advanced tab we were missing the CSM boot option that other C55 users had as standard. The fix to the issue for us at least was to update the bios to version 1.30. The below link will allow you to download the BIOS file for your specific model :

http://www.toshiba.co.uk/innovation/download_drivers_bios.jsp?service=UK

Once updated we went straight into the BIOS and CSM toggle was available under advanced tab.

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Hard Drives - Why they Fail

Bit of a different approach to this blog as we replace dead hard drives nearly on a daily basis we thought it would make sense to explain what causes them to fail and what you can look for as a user to know when something may not be working correctly.

There are man reasons for them to fail ranging from the circuitry to a mechanical failure of the components that store and access your data. These failures vary and as a result so do the resolutions. Data recovery must be handled with care to ensure optimal outcomes as there are many variations in drives and failure type.

Difficulties faced as a user is knowing what’s going on inside our hard drive. Operating systems we use whether it’s Windows or Mac OS X generally won’t tell us anything about our hard drive until it’s too late but certain tell-tale signs can be help identify hard drive issues.

If your machine hangs up a lot or inexplicably freezes for long periods accessing files or programs could point to a hard drive on its way out, other times you may have blue screens, errors on boot, such as a missing registry file, corrupted drivers or missing MBR. Your hard drive may also make more noise than usual or feel it generating more heat.

Here are most common causes of failure:

Most hard drives will fail gradually due to wear and tear.  ( older the hard drive more chance of failure) 

Many will also fail from overheating. ( if you use the hard drive intensively could cause this issue ) 

Some will fail suddenly because of a physical shock.  ( they are very fragile even the smallest knock can damage them )

On occasions hard drives fail because of manufacturer defects or quality control issues.  ( out of your control and lightly to happen inside of warranty if the case )

Leeds Computer Laptop Repairs specialise in the repair of hard drives, data recover and free advise. If you require a reliable, cheap and friendly laptop repair service then call us now FREEPHONE: 0800 907 0025 | MOBILE: 0759 9585 666

Windows Vista Hangs on Log Off Screen

A client called us yesterday who had an issue by where the laptop would get stuck on the logging off windows splash screen. She was having this issue randomly occur and hadn't installed any new updates or software recently.

After digging a bit deeper and cleaning the registry up using CCleaner the issue related to some redundant software she had deleted but not fully un installed properly was at fault. Once the software was completely un installed and removed from the registry when logging off windows didn't hang or pause at the same point as before. We managed to get the laptop back next day and our customer was very happy. This issue usually relates to software conflicts that are preventing the computer from shutting down properly and should be the first thing to look at if you are having a similar issue.

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Laptop Won't Boot Windows freezes on startup at "Windows Starting Screen"

A customer dropped off a laptop today as we were recommended by his neighbour which is always good to hear. He's had an issue by where the laptop won't boot past the windows starting screen. He was having this issue after installing some windows updates. Straight away this pointed the finger at that as everything was fully working before this process!

After looking into this problem a bit further and uninstalling the updates that were causing the issue it turned out that an incorrect driver that the update amended was at fault. Once the driver was completely uninstalled the update was applied correctly, we then re installed the driver bringing it up to date. Was ready to drop back same day and very straight forward, though this issue can relate to pretty much anything that can do wrong with a computer so could have been a lot more work and cost.

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How to Take Ownership & Full Control Permissions of Files & Folders in Windows 7

Time to time a customer comes to us wanting a new build pc but to have access to their old files and folders on the new system. A customer that came to us wanted just that, in this scenario we installed their old sata hard drive into the new computer along side the new hard drive. When accessing my computer and entering the old drive to access their information an error occurs. The error says that access is denied and that the user does not have the correct permissions to access these files and folders.

To change these permissions and take ownership of the files and folders is quite straight forward and if you have the above warning message or errors a great guide to changing the permissions that we ourselves use simply click here. Once the permissions have been altered the files can be accessed and you will have full control of the drive.