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Wim W.

Wim W.

PCIQSP0014

Rushden, NN10

10 Ratings

25 Jobs Completed for PCIQ

42 Forum Posts

Member since 26 Sep 2006

Last logged in 1 days ago

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Locations covered

  • Bedford
  • Cambridge
  • Leicester
  • Milton Keynes
  • Northampthonshire, Milton Keynes, Bedford
  • Northampton
  • Nottingham
  • Oxford
  • Peterborough
  • Wellingborough

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Recent Reviews

Six Stars
By David P. - 17 Aug 10
Wim was very positive in his response. He did the job quickly once he had the parts and overall provided an excellent service. I would certainly use him again.
Six Stars
By mark S. - 22 Mar 10
even tho it would cost too much to fix.Wim was honest, trustworthy and very good at his job. first rate person, thankyou so much.
Six Stars
By andy K. - 4 Dec 09
What a great guy, he obviously enjoys his work. We will use him again and wont hesitate to recomend him to others
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Recently Completed Jobs

Description
Date
Location
Power Book G4. Won't work without mains power and then has to be
19 Jul @ 11:32
Northampton, NN6 9BZ
quark express will not open. We reloaded the software and operati
18 Mar @ 15:34
Cambridge, CB4 0WS
i need a LCD inverter and data cable for a packard bell easynote
10 Mar @ 09:46
Wisbech, PE13 3TZ
PC Motherboard has perished I have been told, need to know a pric
8 Mar @ 18:33
Milton Keynes, MK12 6HD
Hi, I stood on the girlfriends lap top, broke the screen. I bough
1 Dec @ 16:08
Cambridge, CB23 7NW
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Recent Forum Posts

Subject/Post
Date

RE: Fujitsu Siemens Amilo li1705 Freezing when Moved

Yep, the only proper way of fixing the bad nvidia solder is to do a 'reball'. A reflow only works for 6 months at best.

17 Aug @ 22:55

RE: I was using my hp g6000 laptop when the screen changed and a diagonal line pattern came across it. I

The problem is not overheating: the problem is that the lead-free materials, which nVidia's design engineers have chosen to solder the chip to the board, are not capable of dealing with heat cycles. A bit of an oversight for a consumer computer chip. This is just another example of the lack of internal manufacturing knowledge with nVidia, which has haunted them all their lifetime (anyone remember their RAMDAC trouble?). So a 'reflow' is only a temporary fix, if you are lucky you get another 6 months out of it. The permanent fix is to 'reball', i.e. replace the solder with something more suitable. There's a guy in Peterborough who bothers with this, he's got videos on youtube :-) Reflowing can be automated and done on an industrial scale, but reballing can't, so it isn't cheap :-( However, reflowing can be a great way to recover data from an encrypted hard disk where the encryption is system-board specific.

10 Aug @ 12:36

RE: I was using my hp g6000 laptop when the screen changed and a diagonal line pattern came across it. I

We really could do with a preview/edit function on here... I meant to say: " HP/Compaq business laptops are ace, that's not where the problem is. The problem lies with nVidia's chipsets, not with the laptop brand. Simply avoid any system that has nVidia chips in them, and you will be fine. nVidia has had design-for-manufacturing, production and quality trouble since its inception. "

8 Aug @ 15:04

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I offer local computer support for professionals and small to medium size businesses around Northamptonshire.

New clients like you start out by contacting me as and when they need help. After we work out what, if any, work is needed, you will get a fixed fee quote.

It's then up to me to see the work through to its conclusion, within the fixed fee, and within the agreed time.

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