Gaming laptop freezing and failing to boot — a dying drive, fixed with an SSD in Putney SW15
An Asus ROG gaming laptop in Putney SW15 kept freezing and wouldn't boot. The cause was a failing hard drive, not software. We moved it to …
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Lenovo Mini Desktop RAM Upgrade to 32GB — Putney SW15
A Lenovo mini desktop in Putney SW15 struggled with multitasking. We upgraded it to 32GB of RAM — the right fix for the slowdown, at a …
Persistent printer paper jams fixed with an onsite repair in Wimbledon SW19
A customer in Wimbledon SW19 had a printer jamming on almost every page. We traced it through the paper path, serviced the rollers, and …
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Onsite Bambu fleet service in Kensington W14: melted hotend and chute repair
A Kensington W14 business runs a small fleet of Bambu printers. We serviced them onsite — a melted P2S hotend, an H2D chute assembly repair, …
Onsite Wi-Fi: installing access points with a PoE switch in Putney SW15
A Putney SW15 customer bought their own Wi-Fi access points to fix patchy coverage. We installed them, added a PoE switch to power them …
Microsoft 365 and business email on a new domain in Wimbledon SW19
A small business in Wimbledon SW19 needed professional email on its own domain. We set up Microsoft 365, verified the domain, and configured …
Installing Wi-Fi boosters for a stubborn dead spot in Putney SW15
A customer in Putney SW15 had bought Wi-Fi boosters to fix one persistent dead zone. We installed and configured them onsite — and explain …
A home mesh Wi-Fi system that still had slow spots in Fulham SW6 — coverage sorted onsite
A Fulham SW6 home had installed its own mesh Wi-Fi but still had slow, patchy coverage in some rooms. We visited, optimised the setup, and …
Garden Office Wi-Fi via a Wired Access Point in Wandsworth SW18
A Wandsworth SW18 garden office had a wired line but no Wi-Fi. We added a TP-Link Wi-Fi 6 access point on the existing cable for reliable …
Lenovo laptop pop-up infection clean and health-check baseline in Putney SW15
Lenovo laptop in Putney SW15 with persistent pop-ups. We removed the underlying browser-policy hijack, restored the system to a clean …
Garden-office Wi-Fi on an existing wired link in Wandsworth SW18
A Wandsworth SW18 customer had a wired line to a garden office but no Wi-Fi out there. We fitted a TP-Link Wi-Fi 6 access point on it rather …
HP OMEN Gaming Desktop No Power Fixed in Putney SW15
An HP OMEN gaming desktop in Putney SW15 was completely dead. We traced it to a failed power supply, replaced the PSU and confirmed nothing …