The ThinkPad X1 and X1 Carbon laptops are very well built machines. We rarely get them in for repair for hardware failures unless something catastrophic has happened to them, for example a dropped notebook resulting in a cracked screen, cracked case, or spill damage which usually results
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We repair all sorts of notebook computers. The ThinkPad laptops have always been one of our favorite machines to repair, especially the ThinkPad T series. There are ThinkPad slimline notebooks, or more specifically, the X series. But today let’s go over the “slim” models of the T
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The ThinkPad W series laptops are an awesome mobile workstation. A successor of the super reliable T series, these laptops often feature many of the same parts of a T series. W series laptops are usually outfitted with high performance CPUs & GPUs, with many graphics processors
Read more →Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 machines have been coming for over a year now. We have had the opportunity to solve a variety of issues and perform several repairs on machines running these Microsoft Operating Systems. Common Windows 8 Problems: There are a variety of issues that
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The Dell Latitude E series laptops end up in here for repair often. We have been pleasantly surprised to see that the E series is fairly well constructed. There are a lot of them out there and inevitably, they break. The E series comes in several flavors,
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The HP Pavilion series has kept us very busy here, especially in the last 7 years. The DV4 model line is no exception. About the HP Pavilion DV4 These are a great little machine – when they are working. They are slick looking, have a nice keyboard,
Read more →UNC Chapel Hill students have the option of taking their machines in to UNC’s CRC (computer repair center). The CRC can handle warranty repairs of Lenovo brand laptops quickly. If you are UNC faculty or a student and have a repair or a laptop that is not
Read more →North Carolina State University students needing laptop repair have several options. First of all, if you have a laptop that is under warranty, check about your repair with NCSU’s OIT walk-in center at 101 West Dunn Building. If your laptop is out of warranty or not covered
Read more →Esatern Carolina University students all have laptops. Unfortunately some of these laptops break and need repair. Where can an ECU student get their laptop fixed? Many students bring their own laptops to school. When these machines break, getting them repaired on campus may prove to be difficult.
Read more →Appalachian State students have access to ASU’s computer purchasing program. ASU services many of the machines that they sell. Some students opt to bring their own machine to ASU. If you need a hard to find part or have a laptop that you need repaired while you’re
Read more →Duke University students have access to Duke’s computer purchasing program. Computers purchased through this program can optionally get “Duke Computer Care Coverage”. Duke Computer Care Coverage covers nearly everything from cracked screens to liquid damage on the motherboard. Repeated abuse and damage under this program is NOT
Read more →As of 2013 Meredith College has discontinued their laptop program. Laptops they were recently letting students use include the ThinkPad T430, 420, and X220. Their warranty covered everything from physically damaged LCDs to spill damaged motherboards. If you are a Meredith College student and have a damaged
Read more →We recently had a Toshiba Satelite C55 laptop come in for repair. This machine was described to us as “not charging”. Before that problem occurred the owner said the WiFi dropped often. Upon diagnosing the machine we realized that the DC power jack was broken. This is
Read more →Apple Computers, Mac notebooks such as MacBook Pro and MacBook Air models run OS X. Recovering data from a failed Mac hard drive is a little different than Windows Data Recovery. OS X uses a journaling file system called HFS+. If your Mac hard drive has failed
Read more →If you have a Seagate or other external hard drive and need data recovery, please see all of the options available to you now on our data recovery page. Lately we have been receiving a lot of these external, 2.5” Seagate Hard Drives in for data recovery.
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