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PC & Laptop Repair in Chelmsford (CM1–CM3)
City-centre parking is a faff when all you need is a dead laptop diagnosed. We do not have a Chelmsford store. Work happens on the Wickford bench at 32 Glebe Road, Wickford, Essex SS11 8EU. Diagnostics are free. Free collection and return is for Wickford postcodes SS11 and SS12. For Chelmsford, collection is by arrangement. Drop-off at the workshop (32 Glebe Road, Wickford SS11 8EU) is arranged in advance - call 07367 652987 or send a message and we'll confirm a time and the address. Home desks and small-office machines are repaired on the same bench. No-Fix, No-Fee. We're based in Wickford — the primary workshop. Wickford jobs belong on PC repair Wickford and laptop repair Wickford.
Areas we serve around Chelmsford
Great Baddow, Springfield and Broomfield are repaired on the same Wickford bench as the city centre.
We serve CM1, CM2 and CM3. You do not have to drive into the Meadows or High Chelmer if you would rather call us. Work is done at 32 Glebe Road, Wickford, Essex SS11 8EU. Free collection and return is for Wickford postcodes SS11 and SS12. Drop-off at the workshop (32 Glebe Road, Wickford SS11 8EU) is arranged in advance - call 07367 652987 or send a message and we'll confirm a time and the address.
Great Baddow
CM2 side of town. Home-office laptops and family machines from Great Baddow are repaired at the Wickford workshop. Drop-off at the workshop (32 Glebe Road, Wickford SS11 8EU) is arranged in advance - call 07367 652987 or send a message and we'll confirm a time and the address.
Springfield
CM1/CM2. School-run notebooks and small-office desks north of the centre. Drop-off at the workshop (32 Glebe Road, Wickford SS11 8EU) is arranged in advance - call 07367 652987 or send a message and we'll confirm a time and the address.
Broomfield
CM1. Same Wickford bench, same FREE diagnostic. If you are further out in CM3, call 07367 652987. Collection outside SS11/SS12 is by arrangement. The diagnostic at the Wickford bench is free.
Chelmsford: drop-off by arrangement at the Wickford workshop
Skip city-centre parking. There is no Chelmsford counter to queue at.
Book by phone or the contact form. The FREE diagnostic is at 32 Glebe Road. You get a fixed quote before paid work. County-town machines (commuter lids, WFH towers, one-person office notebooks) are repaired on that bench. Free collection and return is for Wickford postcodes SS11 and SS12. Drop-off at the workshop (32 Glebe Road, Wickford SS11 8EU) is arranged in advance - call 07367 652987 or send a message and we'll confirm a time and the address. Full starting prices live on services & pricing.
Book without coming into town
Call 07367 652987 or use the contact form. Tell us CM1, CM2 or CM3.
Drop-off or arranged collection
Drop-off at the workshop (32 Glebe Road, Wickford SS11 8EU) is arranged in advance - call 07367 652987 or send a message and we'll confirm a time and the address. That saves a trip into High Chelmer or the Meadows.
Diagnosed in Wickford
The bench is in Wickford, not Chelmsford. You get a straight answer and a fixed quote.
Repaired, then returned
Approve the quote. We fix it. The same loop brings it back.
Need the laptop page rather than this hub?
Wickford laptop repair is the booking page for screens, batteries and no-boot faults. Collection outside Wickford is by arrangement.
Hardware Repairs & Upgrades
Screen & Battery Repair
Office-bag cracks and tired cells on CM1–CM3 machines — Apple, Dell, HP and Lenovo, fitted in Wickford rather than a city-centre counter.
SSD Speed Upgrades
A 2016–2019 Chelmsford office laptop on a spinning disk will feel new after an SSD. We clone Outlook, files and licences across.
Free Hardware Diagnostics
Diagnosed in Wickford for free. Drop-off at the workshop (32 Glebe Road, Wickford SS11 8EU) is arranged in advance - call 07367 652987 or send a message and we'll confirm a time and the address. There is no Chelmsford counter.
Virus Removal & System Care
Virus & Malware Removal
Fake “Microsoft” warnings on a Chelmsford WFH machine — cleaned on the Wickford bench, with a straight answer if a scam call already happened.
Data Recovery
Pulling documents off a dead small-office drive in Springfield or Broomfield, then moving them onto something that actually boots.
Thermal Servicing
Home-office towers that have sat on carpet in CM1–CM3: dust-out and fresh paste so the fans stop sounding like a hairdryer.
Laptops & PCs we fix for Chelmsford customers
County-town machines, not a copied Southend list.
Monday-morning lids that will not POST after the Liverpool Street commute, WFH desktops that have filled with dust, and small-office notebooks that take four minutes to open Outlook. Typical Chelmsford jobs:
- Won’t boot after sitting in a bag all weekend — start with the won’t turn on / slow guide, then book Wickford laptop repair.
- Mechanical hard drives in 2016–2019 office laptops — SSD upgrades cloned with files intact.
- Cracked lids from office bags and kitchen knocks — screen repair for Chelmsford, labour from £99 plus panel.
- Pop-ups and fake “Microsoft” warnings on a home-office PC — cleaned on the Wickford bench; see the full services list.
- MacBook Air/Pro out of AppleCare — MacBook repair Wickford.
- Desktop towers and small-office workstations — Wickford PC repair.
Laptop screen repair in Chelmsford
A bag on the train into Liverpool Street, a knock on a Great Baddow kitchen worktop, a lid left in a Springfield hallway — most Chelmsford “black screens” are still a panel or a cable, not a new laptop.
The diagnostic is free before we quote. Free collection and return is for Wickford postcodes SS11 and SS12. Drop-off at the workshop (32 Glebe Road, Wickford SS11 8EU) is arranged in advance - call 07367 652987 or send a message and we'll confirm a time and the address. Labour from £99 plus the panel. See laptop screen repair Wickford for how quotes are built.
Which fault do you actually have?
Cracked or shattered glass
Visible damage or spidering cracks. Usually a genuine screen replacement — the most straightforward fix.
Flickering, lines, or colour bleed
Image present but distorted. Often the panel, sometimes a loose display cable (much cheaper) — our diagnostic tells the difference.
Completely black, but the laptop is on
Fans spinning, keyboard lit, but no image. Frequently not the screen — could be the graphics chip, backlight, or cable.
Why quotes vary by panel type
We price by the panel you need, not a flat guess: standard HD/FHD (most everyday Windows laptops), high-resolution / 4K, touchscreen / 2-in-1, and MacBook Retina. You get a fixed quote after the free diagnostic — no labour-from figures shown here.
Spilled something on a laptop or MacBook?
Coffee on a Chelmsford home-office desk or water next to a Broomfield kitchen sink — power off now, then call 07367 652987. The board cannot wait.
Call 07367 652987. Collection outside SS11/SS12 is by arrangement. Drop-off at the workshop (32 Glebe Road, Wickford SS11 8EU) is arranged in advance - call 07367 652987 or send a message and we'll confirm a time and the address.
Do this first
Cut the power immediately
Hold the power button until it fully shuts down.
Unplug the charger and remove the battery if you can
Speed matters more than anything else.
Don’t turn it on to “check”
That’s what usually turns a repairable spill into a written-off logic board.
Stand it liquid-side-down and leave it
Rice doesn’t reach internal components — it’s a myth.
What we do when it arrives
We open the machine and inspect the logic board, keyboard membrane, and battery for corrosion under magnification — not just wipe the outside. Some spills, caught fast, are a straightforward clean and dry-out. Others need component-level repair, or occasionally aren’t economical to fix. You’ll get a straight answer and a fixed quote before anything chargeable.
MacBook repair for Chelmsford (out of warranty)
County-town MacBook owners often get an Apple-store quote that assumes a brand-new display assembly. Out of AppleCare, an independent bench with pulled or OEM-equivalent parts is usually the cheaper honest option.
We repair MacBook Air and Pro models for Chelmsford customers. There is still no Chelmsford Apple-style counter here — the work is MacBook repair in Wickford.
MacBook faults we fix
Cracked or bleeding Retina display
Pulled or OEM-equivalent screens, colour and resolution matched to your model.
Battery won’t hold charge
Swollen or worn cells pushing against the trackpad are common; replaced with a capacity-matched cell.
Won’t turn on / no boot
Logic board diagnostics trace charging and no-boot faults to the actual component, not a full-board guess.
We’ll always tell you whether a part is pulled or OEM-equivalent before work starts.
Chelmsford repair starting prices (Wickford workshop)
Same verified figures as the live services page — not a Chelmsford-only price list. Diagnose first; you approve a fixed quote before we start.
- Diagnostics: FREE
- Hardware / laptop repair from £55
- Screen labour from £99 + panel
- 50-point Full System MOT £60
- Drop-off in Wickford, or collection by arrangement · No-Fix, No-Fee
No Chelmsford shop · 32 Glebe Road, Wickford SS11 8EU
Arrange a Chelmsford booking Call Workshop: 07367 652987Frequently asked questions
Straight answers before you book.
Do you charge for collection in Chelmsford?
We still repair computers and laptops for Chelmsford. Free collection and return is for Wickford postcodes SS11 and SS12. Drop-off at the workshop (32 Glebe Road, Wickford SS11 8EU) is arranged in advance - call 07367 652987 or send a message and we'll confirm a time and the address.
Can you fix a laptop that's running very slowly?
In most cases, yes. Chelmsford home-office and small-office laptops from CM1–CM3 are often still on a mechanical disk — an SSD upgrade is the usual speed fix after the free diagnostic.
Which areas around Chelmsford do you serve?
All of CM1, CM2, and CM3 — including Great Baddow, Springfield, Broomfield and the city centre. Free collection and return is for Wickford postcodes SS11 and SS12. Elsewhere, collection is by arrangement - call 07367 652987. Drop-off at the workshop (32 Glebe Road, Wickford SS11 8EU) is arranged in advance - call 07367 652987 or send a message and we'll confirm a time and the address.
Will I lose my files during a repair?
No. We run strict "Data-First" protocols protecting your documents and photos as an absolute priority.
Why doesn’t screen repair have one flat rate?
Panel cost varies — a standard HD panel is far cheaper than a 4K or touchscreen one. A flat rate would overcharge simple jobs or undercharge complex ones.
Screen is black but the laptop turns on — is that a screen repair?
Not always. It could be the panel, backlight, display cable, or graphics chip. Our free diagnostic identifies which.
How long does a screen replacement take?
Often same-day to next-day if we have the panel in stock. Less common panels may take 1–3 days while we source the exact part.
It still turns on after a spill — is it damaged?
Possibly. Corrosion can develop over hours or days after a spill. If it’s still on, power it off now rather than waiting to see what happens.
Is sugary liquid worse than water?
Yes — sugar and salt residue accelerates corrosion even when everything looks dry on the surface. The sooner it’s cleaned professionally, the better the odds.
Can you collect same-day from Chelmsford for a fresh spill?
Call 07367 652987. Collection outside SS11/SS12 is by arrangement. Free collection and return is for Wickford postcodes SS11 and SS12. Drop-off at the workshop (32 Glebe Road, Wickford SS11 8EU) is arranged in advance - call 07367 652987 or send a message and we'll confirm a time and the address.
My MacBook is out of AppleCare — does that limit what you can do?
Once AppleCare has expired there’s no warranty left to void, so an independent repair is often faster and cheaper — especially on older models Apple no longer actively supports.
What MacBook parts do you use?
Genuine “pulled” parts from donor MacBooks, or strict OEM-equivalent components when those aren’t available. We’ll always tell you which before work starts.
Do you cover Great Baddow, Springfield and Broomfield?
Yes. We serve Great Baddow, Springfield, Broomfield and Chelmsford city centre (CM1, CM2 and CM3). Free collection and return is for Wickford postcodes SS11 and SS12. Drop-off at the workshop (32 Glebe Road, Wickford SS11 8EU) is arranged in advance - call 07367 652987 or send a message and we'll confirm a time and the address.
Is there a LaunchLayer shop in Chelmsford?
No. There is no Chelmsford storefront. Repairs are done at 32 Glebe Road, Wickford, Essex SS11 8EU. Drop-off at the workshop (32 Glebe Road, Wickford SS11 8EU) is arranged in advance - call 07367 652987 or send a message and we'll confirm a time and the address. Free collection and return is for Wickford postcodes SS11 and SS12.
Can you collect a laptop from a Chelmsford office or home desk?
We repair home machines and small-office laptops from CM1, CM2 and CM3 at the Wickford workshop. There is no Chelmsford counter. Free collection and return is for Wickford postcodes SS11 and SS12. Elsewhere, collection is by arrangement - call 07367 652987. Drop-off at the workshop (32 Glebe Road, Wickford SS11 8EU) is arranged in advance - call 07367 652987 or send a message and we'll confirm a time and the address.
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FREE diagnostics. No Chelmsford shopfront. Workshop at 32 Glebe Road, SS11 8EU.