PS5 Overheating, Disc Drive Issues and Other Common Problems The PS5 is a brilliant console, but it’s not bulletproof. After a year or two of heavy use – especially in a dusty student flat where it’s running for hours during exam procrastination season – things start to go wrong. Here are the most common PS5 […]

What to Do When Your Laptop Won’t Turn On You press the power button and nothing happens. No screen, no fan, no lights. Or maybe there’s a brief flicker and then nothing. Either way, your laptop is dead and you need it working – especially if your dissertation is on there. Before you panic, work […]

Xbox Controller Drift – What Causes It and How to Fix It Your character starts walking on its own. The camera slowly pans to the right. You’re lining up a shot and the crosshair drifts away. You haven’t touched the stick, but something is definitely moving. This is stick drift, and if you’ve used a […]

Genuine vs Aftermarket Phone Parts – What You Should Know When your phone needs a new screen or battery, one of the first questions is: what kind of part goes in? You’ll see terms like “genuine”, “OEM”, “aftermarket”, and “refurbished original” thrown around, and it’s not always clear what they actually mean or whether the […]

How to Remove a Virus From Your Computer Your computer is running slowly. Strange pop-ups keep appearing. Your browser redirects to websites you’ve never heard of. Programs you didn’t install are sitting on your desktop. Something is wrong. Malware is one of the most common computer problems we deal with in St Andrews – and […]

iPad vs Laptop for University – Repair and Running Costs Compared Starting at St Andrews? One of the biggest decisions you’ll make before freshers’ week is what to bring for studying. The iPad vs laptop debate comes up every year, and there’s no single right answer. It depends on your subject, your budget, and how […]

How to Recover Deleted Files and Lost Data That sinking feeling when you realise a file is gone. Maybe you deleted it by accident, maybe a drive failed, or maybe your laptop just won’t turn on and your dissertation is on it. Whatever happened, don’t panic. In many cases, data recovery is possible – but […]

Why Does My Phone Keep Restarting? Your phone restarts out of nowhere. Maybe it happens once a day, maybe five times. Maybe it gets stuck in a loop where it shows the Apple logo or Samsung screen, restarts, and never actually reaches your home screen. It’s frustrating, and it always seems to happen at the […]

SSD vs HDD – Why an SSD Upgrade Transforms Your Laptop If your laptop takes forever to start up, struggles to open programs, and generally feels like it’s wading through treacle, you probably think it’s old and slow and needs replacing. In most cases, you’d be wrong. The single biggest upgrade you can make to […]

Phone Repair Myths Debunked – Rice, Hairdryers and Other Bad Advice The internet is full of phone repair advice. Unfortunately, a lot of it is wrong – and some of it can actually make the problem worse. We’ve seen the aftermath of these myths at our shop more times than we can count. Let’s go […]