Build · Repair · Innovate
Broken doesn't
mean finished.
A one-tech shop doing board-level work most places won't touch — loose ports, dead screens, drives that stopped talking. Tell me what happened and you'll get a straight answer about whether it's worth fixing.
Free assessment. You get a quote before anything is opened.
Quick triage
Should you fix it or replace it?
Two taps for an honest first read. This is a starting point, not a diagnosis — the real answer comes from having it on the bench.
1 — What is it?
2 — What's it doing?
Pick a device and a symptom.
What comes across the bench
Services
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Circuit & port repair
Loose HDMI and charging ports, cracked solder joints, blown fuses, corrosion. Board-level work, not "replace the whole unit."
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Screen replacements
Cracked glass and dead panels on laptops, phones, and tablets. Digitizer and backlight faults included.
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Tune-ups & data transfers
Machine crawling, or moving to a new one? Cleanup, fresh installs, and getting every file across intact.
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Custom PC builds
Gaming rig or office machine. Parts picked to your budget, assembled, tested, and handed over ready to use.
Why this shop exists
The right to repair
Most devices that get thrown out were never actually dead. A $6 port, a reflowed joint, a failed cell — replaced by a $900 purchase because nobody offered the other option.
That's the whole reason this bench exists. If it can be saved, I'll tell you. If it genuinely can't, I'll tell you that too, and I won't charge you to find out.
Read more at iFixit- 01 You get told what's wrong, in plain words.
- 02 You get the price before the screwdriver.
- 03 If replacing beats repairing, you hear that.
- 04 Your data stays yours and stays put.
Pricing
No price list yet — on purpose.
Two identical-looking laptops can be a 20-minute fix and a four-hour teardown. Rather than post numbers that turn out wrong, every job starts with a free look and a firm quote.
What moves the number
- Parts cost, and whether the part is still made
- How far in the device the failure sits
- Whether data recovery is involved
- How fast you need it back
From the bench
What people say afterwards
Every review here was left by someone who brought a device in. Reviews are read before they go up, so there's a short wait before yours appears.
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Who you're dealing with
Mike Alnutt
Owner & lead tech
The person who picks up the phone is the person doing the repair. No intake counter, no ticket queue, no handing your device to someone you'll never speak to.
Send a photo of the damage and the model number and you'll usually have an answer the same day.
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Tell me what happened to it.
Make, model, and what it's doing. That's enough to get started.
Service area
Central Square, Hastings, Parish, Cicero, Liverpool, and the surrounding towns. If you’re just outside that, ask — it’s usually not a problem.