Kevin from North Perth finds out why Sony gets “Raided” again….

Certain Sony VIAO laptops use 2 MiniSATA (not to be confused with mSATA) drives in RAID(get the joke?) to act as the main hard drive in the computer. The problem with this is that the hard drive then uses a special connector to connect it to the computer, making data recovery very difficult. Kevin from North Perth brought his laptop …

Caroline in Canningvale had her laptop broken by her automatic vacuum

Automatic vacuum cleaners have become more and more popular over the last few years, and with them come a few problems for laptop users. Last year we had a few cases where people had their little vacuum running while they went out or were asleep. When they returned or woke up in the morning they found that their vacuum had …

Water Damage is not the end. Just make sure you act quick like he did…

Water damaged laptops are one of the worst things that can happen to a laptop and when left unchecked cause severe damage to the computer. Just take a look at the picture below. It causes burns, corrosion and can cause major damage to the computer if left alone. Carlos from Beechboro managed to spill a cup of coffee on his …

So a broken hinge is an easy repair? Check this out first.

A broken hinge on a laptop is VERY common. These break easily when the laptop is used roughly or is picked up and moved around by holding the screen while open. This causes a few problems as when the hinge breaks you need to get it fixed. Otherwise your screen will simply fall back and forth and never stand up, …

3 tips for keeping your Gmail account safe

Last week I wrote about how to keep your email accounts safe and today I will be going in to more detail on the subject. Google have made it very easy to lock down your Gmail account through the use of on site settings and a few security features they have programmed into their mail service that are always on. But first …