Syn Star Computer Repair store

Does you PC seem to turn on but nothing is displayed on the screen?
You can hear the fans spinning but nothing on the screen?
Does your machine struggle when you try playing certain games?

Motherboards are one of the main components in all computers and most electronic equipment.

We can supply / replace and instal all types of AMD and Intel motherboard

However due to the integral part it can sometimes be the hardest hardware fault to identify.

PC running slow?
Does it seem to run fine and then suddenly freezes, or crashes and reboots?
Has you PC crashed and now wont switch on?
Does it seem to take a lot longer to perform task’s which it used to do quickly and efficiently?
Does your PC crash when opening or using a particular program?

If you keyboard or mouse does not work, there are a few things to check, before it may need to be brought in, for a repair.
- If it is a wireless mouse / keyboard, check the batteries and try resyncing
- Make sure the usb or PS2 plug it pushed in properly
- Check with another keyboard / mouse (please bring into one of our stores and we can check this for free)

Hard drive failure is only a major problem if sufficient back-up of the data has not been made. As the hard drive is an integral part of the laptop running, generally you can get the ‘blue screen of death’ many times the machine will show an error saying it cant find the hard drive.
Generally hard drives are easily accessible and we will be able to replace them including the charge of a standard repair and rescue charge of £49.00
RAID issues can reacte in similar ways as hard-drive failure, depending on the type of RAID and the controller, we can rebuild all types of RAID partition.

Computers that shut down after using for a varying period of time may be over heating, or there may be faulty components or possible is clogged up inside. This can often be caused by dust or possibly the environment it is used in. Many times the thermal paste (this is where the processor creates a bond with the cooling fan) can dry out, so the heat cannot disapate properly.

Power supply failures are one of the most common failures with modern desktop computers, we always have plenty of these in stock. Generally when a power supply fails the computer is completely dead, does nothing. However sometimes it can just short supply the board of the right amount of power it needs.
ADVICE = always use a surge protected plug socket or extension lead. Power spikes can not only kill a pwer supply, they can also cause damage to the motherboard, hard drive, optical drive and other external devises.

If the computer has received an impact, there are various things that can happen, either break and need replacing or possibly re-seating.
We can fix these for our fixed inhouse labour charge of £49.00 plus any parts which may be needed.

There are many types of software corruption, the symptoms can vary from the machine not running smoothly to the machine not booting at all.
We can repair these for our fixed price instore repair of £49.00.

Virus’ are one of the major risks to any computer user in today’s world. The main problem is not knowing how vulnerable you and your hardware are at to getting them.
Not only is it annoying getting virus’ as you machine does not run properly, or possibly make it freeze and crash. A lot of these are not the issue. Many of these virus’ / trojans will plant trackers on your machine. They then record every keystroke you make, but most serious of all, they will record any passwords and also bank passwords etc.
Common signs of Virus’
- Computer running slow
- Ghosting on the screen
- Pop-ups
- You will be redirected to various sites which you didnt select
- Computer freezes
- Programmes take a long time to open
- Programmes wont open
- You loose administration rights
- Delete and change files
- Reformat your hard drive
- Effect computers
- Network and the infastructure