Although a lot of people think it should be easy to just ‘plug and play’ your new hardware, you’ve got to ensure you don’t introduce static into your PC or laptop through your body. So you really need to take precautions to make sure that doesn’t happen.If you go to an expert then there is a guarantee that the hardware will work when it has been fitted. If for some reason it doesn’t work then we can remedy that.It’s very rare that when we fit hardware that doesn’t work, but it’s quite a common occurrence when people do it themselves.Trying DIY can actually cost you more money because it’s easy to damage the internal workings of a computer if you don’t really know what you are doing!It can be very frustrating for when fitting hardware because the reason people usually upgrade is often because they have new software to go with it.A new graphics card is a classic case – it’s not just a case of plugging it in and it works. You have to upload drivers and make sure everything works and if you don’t do that properly it is never going to work.Our advice is if you don’t really know what you are doing then get someone who does – us!You wouldn’t fix your car with a hammer and put in the wrong parts – although people do! It’s the same with computers…
More memory and more hard disk space are always advisable but the problem is that it needs to be thought about in conjunction with what you intend to use your computer for.We won’t tell you that you need an upgrade if we don’t think you do so you won’t waste your money coming to us.Money spent wisely on upgrades because you have sought advice from us is money well spent. But if you don’t get advice you may as well just throw your money in the bin.Upgrading can give your computer a new lease of life but it can just as easily be a waste of time and money.
It’s easy to waste your money on hardware by buying things you either don’t need or that won’t help you.For example, you can buy more computer memory than you need or you can upgrade and find it makes no real difference!We can advise on what upgrades are worth doing whether for your PC or laptop.Until recently, software was always usually provided on a CD and that limited the size of the files. But nowadays software is supplied on a DVD or online and there’s no limit to the file size, so the software is always more resource hungry – ten times more in some cases!We always advise our customers to use Intel processors because they are always the most reliable.We use only branded computer chips because cheaper ones are simply not worth it. Sometimes even branded chips go wrong but when that happens we can soon find out why.Sometimes the simplest solutions are the answer – we recently wiped a client’s PC and reinstalled the Microsoft Windows operating system and the PC ran six times faster!If you want to upgrade your Microsoft Office package or move to the latest Windows operating system then you are going to need more memory to run it and hard disk space to store it on.It gets to the stage where software outpaces your hardware and then you’ve got to do something about that otherwise you get problems – the machine runs slowly or not at all!So seek advice from us because it could help you save both time and money.
There are lots of problems that can occur – sometimes you won’t even know you have those problems, which is where our annual ‘Spring Clean’ comes in.Once a year we can look at your PC or laptop and clear unwanted files and check out the system so that it runs to its fastest and most efficient. The cost of £35 is well worth it – many clients have told us that after a ‘Spring Clean’ their PC or laptop runs like new again.If you have a problem with your PC or laptop, we will explain what the problem is and how to fix it, what it will cost and whether it is worth spending the money.Sometimes we don’t advise replacement of parts because we can make a machine work without that part!The biggest problem is video cards that overheat and “die”.Memory can go wrong, hard disk can fail completely or work intermittently. Or the power supply can die and then you suddenly think the machine needs to be thrown away and a new one purchased.But for probably between £50 – £100 (for the parts and labour) many problems can be easily rectified and when compared to the cost of a new PC or laptop, it’s obvious that a repair can be well worth it!Some people think a computer is a throwaway commodity but it’s not!Spending £300 and more to replace a PC or laptop is foolish when for a lot less you can probably have your existing PC or laptop repaired.