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What to Do When Your Phone Won’t Charge You plug your phone in before bed. You wake up and it’s still at 12%. Or the cable only works at a certain angle. Or your phone doesn’t recognise the charger at all. Charging problems are one of the most common repairs we handle at our City […]

How to Prepare Your Laptop for Dissertation Season If you’re a final-year student at St Andrews, your dissertation is likely the most important document on your laptop right now. Thousands of words, months of research, all saved on one device. What happens if that device fails? Every year between April and May, we see students […]

Why Your Laptop Slows Down Right Before Exams Every April, the same thing happens. Exam season hits, you open your laptop to start revising, and it takes three minutes to load a Word document. The spinning wheel becomes your new study partner. We see a spike in laptop repairs at our City Rd shop every […]

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 Much Does a Phone Screen Repair Cost? You’ve dropped your phone. There’s a crack running across the screen. The first question that hits you – how much is this going to cost me? The answer depends on a few things, and it’s almost certainly less than you think. Let’s break down exactly what affects […]

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 […]