Spilled Water or Coffee on Your Laptop? Do These Things First
The first ten minutes decide whether a liquid spill costs you a clean-up or a motherboard. What to do immediately, what destroys laptops, and when to stop.
Read the guideLaptop Repair Guides
Laptop Repair Guides
Straight answers to the questions we get asked at our Navalur counter. Written by the technicians who do the work, for people who would rather understand the problem before paying to fix it.
Setting Up a Laptop for Working From Home
Docking stations, external monitors, seating and network - what actually matters in a work-from-home setup on OMR, and what is a waste of money.
Read the guideBuying a Laptop for IT Work: Which Specs Actually Matter
RAM, SSD, processor, screen - what genuinely affects day-to-day work on a developer or IT laptop, and where shops persuade you to overspend.
Read the guideHow to Wipe a Laptop Properly Before You Sell or Return It
Deleting files and reinstalling Windows does not remove your data. What actually erases a laptop drive safely, and what to do with a dead machine.
Read the guideGaming Laptop Service: Why They Overheat and What Fixes It
Gaming laptops throttle, get loud and shut down sooner than other machines. Why Chennai makes it worse, what a proper thermal service involves, and when the GPU is at fault.
Read the guideLaptop Warranty in India: What It Covers, and What Voids It
What a manufacturer warranty actually covers, what is excluded, whether third-party repair voids it, and when an independent repair is the better choice.
Read the guideLaptop Battery Care: Which Charging Habits Actually Matter
Should you leave it plugged in? Does charging overnight hurt? What genuinely extends laptop battery life, and which advice is out of date.
Read the guideLaptop Wi-Fi Keeps Dropping? How to Find the Real Cause
Slow or dropping Wi-Fi is usually the router, the room or congestion rather than the laptop. How to work out which, before you replace the wrong thing.
Read the guideUSB-C Port Not Working? Charging and Docking Faults Explained
USB-C ports fail more often than older connectors because they carry power, data and video at once. How to tell a port fault from a cable or dock fault.
Read the guideYour Work Laptop Has Broken. What Should You Actually Do?
A broken company laptop is a different problem from a broken personal one. What to do first, what not to do, and where independent repair does and does not fit.
Read the guideWould you rather just ask someone?
Free diagnosis at our Navalur branch on Rajiv Gandhi Salai, and free doorstep pickup across OMR. Send us a photo of the fault on WhatsApp and we can usually give you a price range before you travel.