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Laptop / PC Service Options

Depending on the environment that your machine is stored and used in, will depend on how frequently you need to have your machine serviced.  A machine which is always used in a very clean office environment with no airborne dust will probably need servicing around every three years, but a machine operating in a nightclub or workshop where there is a great amount of dust an fumes is likely to need servicing every six months.

Dust and debris enter a PC or Laptop will stick to the internal components and prevent proper cooling, in most cases this will enter through the cooling canals and cool fans and then stick to the heat sinks and radiators, which are the key items needing good cooling. In some extreme cases the dust build-up can prevent fans from rotating and further reduce the ability for the equipment to stay cool.  If the machine heats up then it will become inefficient, slow and very unstable, causing frequent crashing and blue-screens. Most modern computers will turn themselves off if they get too hot and these unexpected shutdowns can cause loss of data and even corruption to your files or operating system, leading to expensive software problems.

Standard Laptop / PC Service Labour £30:

  • Removal of caseworks and inspection panels
  • Removal of cooling fans and heat sinks
  • Full internal clean including removal of obstructions in cooling canals
  • Removal, cleaning and reseating of CPU and Memory modules
  • Reapplication of heat sink thermal transfer compound
  • External cosmetic cleaning of casework
  • Removal and deep cleaning of keyboard and touchpad (For Laptops or PCs where supplied with Keyboard / Pointer)
  • Deep cleaning of Screen surface and bezel (For Laptops or PCs where supplied with Screen)

Advanced Laptop / PC Service Labour £50:

  • Removal of caseworks and inspection panels
  • Removal of cooling fans and heat sinks
  • Full internal clean including removal of obstructions in cooling canals
  • Removal, cleaning and reseating of CPU and Memory modules
  • Reapplication of heat sink thermal transfer compound
  • External cosmetic cleaning of casework
  • Removal and deep cleaning of keyboard and touchpad (For Laptops or PCs where supplied with Keyboard / Pointer)
  • Deep cleaning of Screen surface and bezel (For Laptops or PCs where supplied with Screen)
  • Removal of Hard Drive for external virus scan and mechanics test
  • Memory integrity and stress check
  • Operating system health check including check for potential crime-ware infections, conflicting programs, antivirus / crime-ware protection definitions updates, OS updates (requires login password, no changes will be made to your configuration as this is a check and report service)

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Services for Computer DJs

As an experienced user of a wide range of DJ Equipment I am happy to guide you through your next purchase and make recommendations for equipment or software that will work well for you.

Virtual DJ (Or Numark CUE) is definitely the software of choice for the majority of DJs out there, but I am happy to advise and support users of OTS, Traktor, PCDJ, PCVJ, Arkaos, NUVJ, Serato, Mixmeister and many more.

I am also an experienced user and programmer for Lighting and Stage-Control software such as ShowControl, EasyDMX and Martin LightJockey; If you need help to get setup or would like some help programming your lightshow then get in touch and I'll be happy to help out.

I can help too with your DJ Computer accessories, so if you want help with your Controller, Vinyl Interfaces, Sound Cards or Laptop/Console then then get in touch.

I'm always on the look-out for an interesting project, so if you want a new deck case or console built and don't know where to start, then please give me call to discuss.  I've recently built DJ and VJ consoles for clients wanting ultra fast performance from their DJ computers but total portability too.

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