The Barton I.T. Guy

Replacing a broken DC socket on a Lenovo laptop. Quite a difficult job due to the amount of fixings & high temperature solder used in the factory assembly. Fixed and returned to a other happy customer!

Replacing a burnt out DC socket on a laptop motherboard.

We can't stress enough how important it is to have some kind of backup regime for your files. Whether it be family photos, music, documents or your email - having some means of recovery will safeguard you for the worst eventuality. Contact us and we can give you a free appraisal and show you how ...

Slowly teasing important data from the failing hard drive of a customers laptop. It's a very long process and there's no guarantee of complete success, but usually we manage to get most files salvaged.

A customer had been using a cheap memory stick to store all their important documents, and reported it as dead. Disassembled and found the USB plug had been torn from the circuit board. Cutting back the connector and manually soldering on tiny fly leads in order to power it up and retrieve the fi...

Replacing a broken hinge on a Dell Latitude laptop. A very complicated cable path for the video and graphics cables that run through the hinge itself! must be perfect otherwise you risk crushing the wires upon reassembly.

An antique monster powerhouse! In 2006 the Nvidia 8800 GTX Graphics Card was the fastest in the world and cost £700! Today, you can buy a much better performing card a 1/4 of the size for under £60!! That’s how fast technology moves..

An antique monster powerhouse! In 2006 the Nvidia 8800 GTX Graphics Card was the fastest in the world and cost £700! Today, you can buy a much better performing card a 1/4 of the size for under £60!! That’s how fast technology moves..

Time to replace the DC socket