- Item
- ThinkPad T480 — owner says it's dead
- Symptom
- No power, no charge light, no fan
- Diagnosis
- Failed 3.3V rail — one shorted capacitor. Board is fine.
Langford, BC · Independent since 2026
Most machines
people are told
to replace
don't need replacing.
Greg Szczurek has spent years on the bench in Langford fixing what other shops write off — down to the components on the board, not just the parts that unplug. Now he's doing it under his own name.
Free diagnosis. Flat-rate quote in writing. No work starts until you say go.
A real fault, a real price. The quote goes in your hand before a screw comes out.
The part that shouldn't be unusual
Computer repair has a reputation, and it was earned. Here is what is fixed about how this shop works.
- Diagnosis is free
- Bench time to find the fault costs you nothing, whether or not you go ahead.
- The quote is flat and in writing
- One number, agreed before the work. It does not move at the till.
- You get the dead parts back
- Whatever came out of your machine goes home with it, so you can see what failed.
- You're told when not to fix it
- When a repair costs more than the machine is worth, that is the advice you get.
Start here
What's it doing?
You don't need to know what's broken — that's the job. Find the thing your machine is doing and you'll know roughly where you stand before you call.
- Power fault
“It won’t turn on”
Dead charge port, failed power rail, blown fuse on the board. Usually a repair, not a replacement — and far cheaper than a new machine.
- Panel
“The screen is cracked”
Laptop screen and hinge replacement, most models. Panels are stocked or ordered same day.
- Liquid damage
“It got wet”
Bring it in without turning it on. Ultrasonic cleaning and corrosion repair save a lot of boards people are told are gone.
- Drive / RAM
“It’s gotten unbearably slow”
Almost always a tired hard drive. An SSD and a memory bump makes a seven-year-old laptop feel new for a fraction of replacing it.
- Data recovery
“My files are gone”
Deleted, corrupted, or a drive that stopped mounting. Recovery attempted first, and you hear honestly what the odds are.
- Malware
“Something popped up demanding money”
Virus, ransomware and scamware removal, plus a look at what got in and how.
How it goes
Five stages, and you're told where you are at each one
- 01 / 5
Intake
You describe what it does. Greg writes it on the tag and gives you a ticket number.
- 02 / 5
Diagnosis
Bench testing to find the actual fault — not a guess, not a parts-swap lottery.
- 03 / 5
Quote
A flat price, in writing, before a single screw comes out. You approve it or you don’t.
- 04 / 5
Repair
Board-level work where board-level work is the honest answer. Parts replaced only if they’re dead.
- 05 / 5
Pickup
You get the machine, the old parts, and a plain-English note on what failed and why.
If the honest answer is that a machine isn't worth fixing, you'll hear that at stage three — and the diagnosis costs you nothing.
Who's on the bench
Greg Szczurek
If you've taken a computer to the Langford shop in the last few years, there's a good chance Greg is the one who fixed it. He is the rare technician who will spend an hour tracing a fault on a board because replacing the board would cost you four times as much.
He explains what went wrong in language you can actually follow, without making you feel foolish for asking. He'll tell you when a repair isn't worth it. In a trade where the customer usually can't check the work, that kind of honesty is the whole product.
Greg's PC Fix is Greg going independent — same bench, same hands, now his own shop.
Bench summary
- Board-level repair
- Component level, not module swaps
- Machines seen
- Laptops, desktops, all-in-ones, handhelds
- Where he worked
- The Langford bench at Gizmo's
- What he won't do
- Sell you a machine you don't need
Bring it in.
Describe what it's doing and Greg will tell you whether it's worth looking at — before you drive anywhere.