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Gaming Laptop Overheating: A Real Repair in St Andrews This Medion gaming laptop came into our City Road shop on a Friday in May, booked in for overheating. The booking asked for it to be cleaned out and its thermal paste replaced. Once we had it open, the fans and the heatsink were choked with […]

PS5 Overheating: A Real Repair in St Andrews This PS5 came into our City Road shop on a Saturday in October, booked in for our overheating service. Once we had the side panels off and the fan out, there was no missing the dust. It had caked onto the fan blades, matted over the heatsink […]

MacBook Air Spill Fixed With a Clean: A Real Repair in St Andrews This MacBook Air came into our City Road shop in August, booked in for a diagnostic. Once we had it apart, we found liquid on the trackpad and inside the laptop. We stripped it down and cleaned it. It didn’t need a […]

MacBook Air M1 Charging Port Repair: A Real Job in St Andrews This MacBook Air M1 came into our City Road shop on a Monday morning in October, booked in for a diagnostic. Once we had it open, we found corrosion on both of its USB-C charging ports. We fitted a new port board that […]

iPad Air 5 Won’t Turn On: A Real Repair in St Andrews This iPad Air (5th generation) came into our City Road shop in September, booked in as an iPad with no power. It wasn’t quite as dead as it looked. Liquid had got inside and left corrosion at the backlight connector, where power reaches […]

MacBook Air Audio Board Replacement: A Real Repair in St Andrews This gold 13-inch MacBook Air came into our City Road shop in August. With the bottom case off, we found liquid damage on the audio board, the small board that holds the headphone jack, and on the cable that links it to the rest […]

Dell Laptop Won’t Start: A Real Motherboard Repair in St Andrews This Dell laptop came into our City Road shop at the end of August. It wouldn’t start. Once we had it apart, the problem was easy to spot: a burn mark on the motherboard, with black soot spread over the parts around it. Our […]

MacBook Air M4 Liquid Damage: A Real Repair in St Andrews This MacBook Air M4 came into our City Road shop in October. Once the bottom case was off, the problem was easy to spot. Liquid had got into the trackpad and its cable, and corrosion was already growing on the trackpad’s circuit board. We […]

Raisin Monday and Your Phone – A Survival Guide Raisin Monday is one of the most chaotic days on the St Andrews calendar. Academic families gather, costumes go on, foam fills the quad, and phones take an absolute beating. If you’re a first-year student about to experience your first Raisin, or a returner who knows […]

Why the Dunhill Links Championship Means Busy Days for Phone Repair Every October, the Dunhill Links Championship brings thousands of golf fans, celebrities, and professionals to St Andrews. The Old Course becomes the centre of the sporting world for a week, and the town fills up with visitors. It also brings a spike in phone […]