Providing Computer & IT Support To The Midlands & Worcestershire
Why Should My PC Have a Health-Check or Service?
1. It may help avoid costly computer repairs or data loss by detecting failing components
2. Improves efficiency and performance
3. Helps keep the computer running cleanly, quietly and within recommended temperature ranges
What Does a Heath-Check or Service include?
How Often and How Much?
Depending on your circumstances and PC usage, servicing is recommended on a 6 to 12 monthly basis.
The amount of dust and pet hair in the air surrounding a PC unit will vary between households (Keeping a tower on the floor will usually cause it to pull in more contaminants than one on the desk or
table-top) so some computers will require physical cleaning more frequently than others.
1. It may help avoid costly computer repairs or data loss by detecting failing components
2. Improves efficiency and performance
3. Helps keep the computer running cleanly, quietly and within recommended temperature ranges
What Does a Heath-Check or Service include?
- A thorough cleaning of the computer casing inside and out
- Checking & cleaning cooling fans on the CPU, North-bridge and Graphics Card (replacing or lubricating where necessary)
• Checking motherboard for leaking, bulging or blown capacitors
• Hardware diagnostics including; motherboard, memory, hard-drive and processor
• Software updates checked and applied if necessary (including Windows updates)
• Disk scan for corrupted or damaged files & sectors
• A full scan for Viruses, Trojans, Worms and Malware
• Disk Cleanup to remove unneeded temporary files and other unwanted 'build-up'
• Disk De-fragmenting for improving disk performance
• Consulting with you about possible performance enhancements
• Windows Registry Optimisation
How Often and How Much?
Depending on your circumstances and PC usage, servicing is recommended on a 6 to 12 monthly basis.
The amount of dust and pet hair in the air surrounding a PC unit will vary between households (Keeping a tower on the floor will usually cause it to pull in more contaminants than one on the desk or
table-top) so some computers will require physical cleaning more frequently than others.
Hardware faults can develop at any point due to many factors including component failure, voltage spikes, improper shutdown of Windows and more. Sometimes regular computer maintenance checks can detect impending failure (not always) thereby preventing costly repairs and data loss.