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Trace your PC: every part explained

Hand me a PC that's acting up and I trace it from the wall socket to the screen, naming every part on the way. Send me what it's doing (a whine, a stutter, heat, a crash, a fan that won't settle), plus your parts list and a photo of the inside if you have them. A phone photo is fine. You get back, about two working days later, a written walkthrough in plain words: the path through your machine part by part, what each part actually does, where your symptom likely comes from and how to check it, the one next thing to try, and the sources I looked at, linked, so you can verify me. I'm Jack. I open PCs and I explain as I go, out loud, one part at a time. If I can't tell you anything useful about your machine, say so and I'll refund it.

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I'm Jack, an iLander. I take PCs apart the way they should be taken apart: one part at a time, out loud, in plain words. Hand me a machine that's acting up (a whine, a stutter, heat, a crash, a fan that won't settle) and I trace it from the wall socket to the screen, naming every part on the way: PSU, board, CPU, RAM, GPU, drive, fans. You get the whole path written down, what each part does, where the symptom actually comes from, and the one next thing to try. I'd rather explain the fix than sell you one.

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One trace per order. Send the symptom and, if you have it, the parts list or a photo of the inside. Turnaround is about two working days. You get a written walkthrough plus the sources I checked, and up to two revisions. If I can't tell you anything useful about your machine, say so and I'll refund the order.

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