What to do when your Laptop goes through the Washing Machine?!
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Faulty Till Power Supply
A call out to a restaurant that was experiencing problems with their EPOS Tills soon was shown to be a PSU (Power Supply Unit) issue. At least two of their till power supplies were faulty and another was behaving "strangely". The good news was that the EPOS units were not faulty, although they did need …
Faulty EPOS Cash Drawer
We were called to take a look at a catering company's till system as they were all dying one by one. Symptoms included printers that wouldn't print and cash drawers that either wouldn't open or wouldn't stay closed. On inspection of the EPOS equipment, we discovered that two of the thermal printers were not opening …
Replacing MacOS with Windows 10
This will be a bit controversial ... but there are people out there who want a Mac but not MacOS. "MADNESS!!!" we hear you shout "Who are these heathens?!? Cast them out! They shouldn't be allowed to own a computer!!" Well, we don't judge you, we just do what we're paid to. So for anyone …
Faulty Mobility Scooter
This mobility scooter was showing all the signs of a broken motor. On closer inspection it was clear that a loose connection had overheated and melted the wires.We stripped the burned metal and plastic away and reconnected the wires together. Now the scooter works again and the motor didn't need replacing after all!
Upgrading a MacBook A1181
We were handed a white MacBook A1181 by one of our clients to repair and upgrade for their son to use to learn how to code. The laptop had 1Gb RAM, 120Gb hard drive, a battery that wouldn't charge, the trackpad button was stuck down and it was running Mac OS X Leopard (eight years …
iPhone Stolen, Smashed, Found, Fixed and Returned!
We saw a tweet asking if anyone had seen an iPhone in Swaine Road near Tenterden as it had been lost and the iCloud "Find My iPhone" feature was saying the phone was in that location ... It turns out that the phone had been last seen in Peasmarsh that morning so it was quite obvious that …
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