Laptops are very convenient for people who do not want to be constrained to a desktop and need the the ability to move around when using their computer. If your thinking laptop repairs Townsville, think Townsville computer repair Nerds.

Laptops for general purposes are also called, notebooks and the much smaller less powerful ones we call netbooks.

Townsville Nerds offer a 100% Free Diagnosis and Quote on all Laptop Repairs Townsville

Although laptops look significantly different than desktop computers, under the hood they have most of the same components as a regular desktop computers, such as  a hard drive, memory, motherboard and processor. However, although they use the same components, the size and way they are made to fit the smaller shape of the laptop are quite different.

Laptop Repairs Townsville is Quite Different

Laptop technology is very sensitive. Add the fact that laptops get moved around a lot more than desktops, you will find laptops are more prone to damages to their hard drives and broken screens due to sudden movements like being dropped.

Laptop repairs Townsville Nerds have extensive experience in laptop repairs. I have personally been repairing laptop in Townsville for over 25 years. Way before people even started owning them.

Some parts are cheaper in laptops and others are more expensive dpending on the type if computer and age.  Laptop repairs Townsville find sometimes older laptop parts are harder and more expensive to source.

That’s why laptop repairs Townsville Nerds offer a 100% free diagnosis and quote. We don’t want you to be left with any bills you didn’t expect. We wont charge you by the hour. All our quotes are completely transparent with no hidden fees you wont expect like a call out fee etc.

Common Laptop Repairs Townsville

Water being spilled onto a laptop

Spillage is a big problem with laptops. With the convenience of using your laptop at the breakfast tables, comes the problem of peoples drinks being spilled on it as well.

The casual nature and convenience of using your laptop anywhere sees many laptop fall a foul of water or drinks being split on them resulting in professional laptops repairs Townsville. Unlike a desktop computer, where if you spill your drink onto a desktop keyboard you can just unplug it and put a new one in.

Unfortunately with laptops being so integrated and the keyboard being part of the actual computer, spillage’s usually seeps under the keyboard and into the motherboard, causing serious circuitry damage.

Damaged Hard Drive

Hard drives are very very sensitive. Although they have got a lot better over the years the whole premise of hard drives is based on magnetic rotation. It doesn’t take a lot for a hard drive to be damaged and with the ability to move laptops easy and effortlessly, it happens a lot.

Laptop repairs Townsville find most hard drives damaged in notebooks, is either because they have been dropped or put into a laptop bag to quickly.

The hard drives in your notebook run very fast. Depending on the drive you get it can be anywhere between 5400 and 7800 RPMS.  That is a lot of spinning and with a sudden jolt can be damaged quite easily.

Some hard drive problems can be fixed very easily, others we can sometimes get the data off even if the drive is damaged depending on how bad it is.

Power Adapter Damage

You have probably noticed the little hole your laptop power adapter goes into on the side or behind your computer, is very small and flimsy.

A sudden movement or pushing it in to hard can cause the end to break either on the adapter itself or within the Power Supply Unit itself.

Unlike a desktop where the power supply unit can be changed over, unfortunately most of the laptop PSU’s are physically part of the motherboard, meaning the whole circuit board needs to be replaced.

If this is the case we can usually still recover your data from your laptop.

If the power problems has caused surges it can sometimes damage your hard disk and data, so it is always good when you are having power problems to not force the issue and get it looked at straight away,

Heat Can Cause Damage to Your Laptop

Heat can cause significant problems in laptop repairs Townsville issues frequently seen.

There are many factors to take into consideration why your laptop is heating up. You can probably feel it, the longer you have it and use it and the closer you keep it to your body, you personally will b able to tell if your laptop is getting warming and holder, either just sitting there in the room or as it is sitting on your lap.

Heat can be caused because of a couple of different reasons:

• Laptops are small and compact. They can suck in a lot of dist which can damage fans and/or restrict air flow. All that heat computers make can be trapped inside with nowhere to go.

• As computers get older, they are required to do more, both from the users requirements and at the software level. As you receive upgrades and updates, your computer will be asked to do more things. This can cause significant heat problems. The older hard drives don’t handle this very well, but the newer Solid State Drives which can be added gets rid of this problem pretty quick.

• Last but not least, the fun Townsville North Queens;and Heat. There is no escaping it and computers, laptops and all electronics hate it. Laptops run much better in the cooler weather and in Townsville that’s just not an option. If you are using your laptop in a hot room with poor ventilation you might notice performance issues.

Laptop Memory is Becoming an Issue

In the past laptop manufacturers were skimping on memory. Unlike desktop computers which were always given more, I guess the laptop makers though people using laptops and notebooks didn’t do or need as much.

Times have changed and people use laptops more than they do desktop computers, which has left laptop users without.

Over the years there have been a lot of major upgrades and updates for laptops which have been issued by Microsoft and users have seen their computers running much slower and lagging as their laptops struggle for memory allocation to use the operating system and required programs.

We are seeing a lot of laptops come in with not enough memory. Unlike hard drive space which stores files, memory is used to temporarily hold applications and requests on your computer at the current time you are using it, such as how many programs you have open at the same time and operating system functions running in the background.

Laptop Repairs Townsville

Its not fair to bring your laptop into somewhere, have someone look at it, be unable to fix it and then charge you.

Laptop repairs Townsville Nerds wont do that!

You can drop your laptop into us, or we can come out to you and give you a free no obligation quote.

Even if we can fix it, we wont before talking to you and giving you a price. If you don’t want to get it fixed or don’t accept our 100% free quote, its no problem. It wont cost you a cent.

We also don’t charge by the hour. It would probably be cheaper buying a whole new computer if that was the case. We quote by the job so you don’t get any hidden surprises.