HP Victus RAM upgrade for smoother gaming in Chiswick W4
An HP Victus gaming laptop in Chiswick W4 needed more memory. We matched the right module type and speed and took it to 24GB for smoother …
Computer Repair Case Studies in London
Real repair stories and outcomes from PC Macgicians.
A few recent fixes that show how we diagnose, repair, and recover devices.
MacBook Pro full startup disk and photo recovery in Clapham SW4
MacBook Pro in Clapham SW4 with a full startup disk and irreplaceable photos. We recovered the photos to an external drive, freed space and …
PC & Mac Health Check — Diagnosing a Slow MacBook in Wandsworth SW18
A Wandsworth customer's MacBook had become unusably slow. Our health check identified a failing hard drive and near-full storage before …
MacBook Pro Retina Screen Replacement in Wimbledon SW19
A Wimbledon MacBook Pro had a cracked Retina display after being dropped. We replaced the full display assembly and tested brightness, …
MacBook Pro Keyboard Liquid Damage Repair in Wandsworth SW18
A MacBook Pro keyboard became unresponsive after a desk spill in Wandsworth. We cleaned the board, replaced the affected keyboard assembly, …
MacBook Pro Battery Swelling Repair in Putney SW15
MacBook Pro battery swelled and bowed the base panel. We diagnosed the fault, replaced the battery safely, and returned the MacBook the same …
HP laptop 1TB SSD upgrade with a full clone in Hammersmith W14 — everything carried across exactly
An HP laptop owner in Hammersmith W14 wanted more space and speed. We cloned the whole drive onto a 1TB SSD, so nothing changed but the size …
Lenovo laptop with unresponsive apps and email to set up in Raynes Park SW20 — Windows repaired, Outlook sorted
A Lenovo laptop in Raynes Park SW20 had apps that wouldn't respond and email that needed setting up. We repaired Windows, ran a health …
Lenovo lid, hinge and screen assembly replacement in Wimbledon SW19
A Lenovo in Wimbledon SW19 needed more than a panel — the top lid and hinges were damaged too. We replaced the whole screen assembly and …
Samsung laptop with a blue screen that wouldn't boot in Wimbledon SW19 — data recovered
A Samsung laptop in Wimbledon SW19 had a blue screen and wouldn't boot, with important data at stake. We recovered the files to an external …
HP laptop with a flashing power light that wouldn't start in Putney SW15 — faulty RAM replaced
An HP laptop in Putney SW15 flashed its power light but wouldn't boot. The cause was faulty memory. We replaced the RAM, gave it a full …
MacBook Air that wouldn't power on in Fulham SW6 — a logic-board repair, data saved
A MacBook Air in Fulham SW6 was completely dead. We repaired the logic board at component level, then recovered the data from a corrupt OS …