When Apple released the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus last year, they changed quite a few things about the internal design of the home button. While these aren’t an issue for users in normal use, there are some things you need to know if it gets damaged or needs repairing.
Our latest article goes into depth on how this affects your repair options as explaining how we think Apple are trying to eliminate independent repair stores, and what we’re doing to get round the problem. Click here to read more.
Unfortunately, they can also be noisy little beasts thanks to the fans required to keep them cool. If you’ve ever been annoyed by this aspect of your PC, or you’re building a new one and you want it to be quieter, you should take a look at the “Be Quiet!” range. It’s probably obvious from the name that their peripherals are designed to minimise noise, and this extends to their ATX PSUs.
A customer brought this Western Digital external hard drive to us as it wasn’t being recognised by their PC.
The most likely cause of this- and indeed, the most common fault with external hard drives- is that the USB interface (rather than the drive itself) had stopped working. This used to be a simple repair because most external hard drives were little more than internal SATA drives- either 2.5″ laptop or 3.5″ desktop size- with a case and USB interface attached. Once the case was opened, the SATA drive could be unplugged from the USB interface and put in a new enclosure (essentially just a replacement interface and case) that could be bought for less than £10.
Tenda HomePlug wireless kit and packaging.
Typical home and small office setup for the two HomePlug units. (Adapted from Tenda instruction sheet).
