Good inexpensive Computer Repair shop in London?

kobracai

As the title says can anyone recommend one? I can travel if it's trusted. I tried the shops in Tottenham Court Road in the past and got ripped off (they charged me close to £100 and later found out it wasn't even broken, it was something I could have done myself)

My laptop just doesn't switch on anymore, it was working fine yesterday, I tried this below to no avail

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lqg5wQpkK14

Thank you for your help

Fightsback

Does the charge light come on when the charger is plugged in ?

kobracai

Fightsback wrote: »

Does the charge light come on when the charger is plugged in ?

It doesn't

Zandoni

It's probably your charger that's dead if the charging light is not coming on.

Browntoa

Buy a genuine replacement charger , not one of the cheap Chinese copies on eBay that cause more problems than they fix

Fightsback

Zandoni wrote: »

It's probably your charger that's dead if the charging light is not coming on.

It's possible but also there are other possibilities such as a faulty DC socket on the laptop, also very common.

What is the make and exact model of laptop please ?

WobblyDog

I guess you've already tried removing and reinserting the battery.

It might be worth buying a very cheap multimeter (from £3 on Amazon) to check the output of the charger, unless it's some kind of intelligent charger that only outputs a voltage when it detects that it's plugged in to a suitable laptop.

shaun_from_Africa

WobblyDog wrote: »

It might be worth buying a very cheap multimeter (from £3 on Amazon) to check the output of the charger,

The problem with this is that it's easy to get a voltage reading that appears to show that the charger is working okay but in reality it can be totally knackered.
This is because when taking a reading from a power source that has no load on it, it can often show the expected voltage but this voltage can drop to zero once the charger is plugged in if the fault is due to something such as a loose connection or dodgy solder joint.
Connecting up a load (such as a bulb of about the correct voltage) is sometimes better than doing an off load voltage check.

kobracai

Zandoni wrote: »

It's probably your charger that's dead if the charging light is not coming on.

Fightsback wrote: »

It's possible but also there are other possibilities such as a faulty DC socket on the laptop, also very common.

What is the make and exact model of laptop please ?

Acer Aspire E1-570 from Curry s

Fightsback

kobracai wrote: »

Acer Aspire E1-570 from Curry s

As it's an Acer, my money is on the DC socket but it still could be the PSU. Luckily on your model of Acer it appears the socket is not board soldered so it's an easier fix if that's the case. However confirm the PSU is or isn't working first.

This gives you an idea of what's involved:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlSn0Mj6D6Y

kobracai

Fightsback wrote: »

As it's an Acer, my money is on the DC socket but it still could be the PSU. Luckily on your model of Acer it appears the socket is not board soldered so it's an easier fix if that's the case. However confirm the PSU is or isn't working first.

This gives you an idea of what's involved:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlSn0Mj6D6Y

thank you very much, I'll try tonight

as it happens, I asked another guy I know on Whatsapp... I did remember that a couple of times I left my laptop open on my bed on top of my electric blanket switched on, so my mate reckons that could be the reason why... but I always leave my blanket at the minimum heating, just about lukewarm, so I doubt it's what caused it to be heated up? what do you people reckon?