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Reccomend me a computer repair shop in Cork City

  • 08-11-2007 8:03pm
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    Vorsim
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    Recently i had a pretty serious crash which resulted in both my hard-drives becoming very resistant to having an OS installed. While I was trying to reinstall Xp a more serious prob occured, namely my system wont come on with my graphics card installed.

    When the card is in place and I press the power button, all the fans in my case (including the graphics cards) turn very briefly (less than a quarter turn) and then nothing. If I remove the card the system powers on with no problems. Ive tripled checked that I have everything connected correctly and I cant find any signs of damage. In the past my PC has switched itself off for no apparent reason, maybe 4 times in the 2 years Ive had it, each time this happened Ive checked the cpu, system and gpu temps and they all looked fine.

    Unfortunately I dont have access to another system, where I could plug in my graphics card or power supply to see if they work. So I think Im left with going to a PC repair shop so they can narrow down the component at fault. I live in Cork City and have noticed 2 or 3 repair shops but to me they all seem to be internet cafes that happen to have a PC repair sign at the front. I wouldnt be very confident handing over my PC to them and Id like to be able to talk to a knowledgable person about my PC, not just a guy looking after the till.

    So can anyone reccomend me a PC repair shop theyve had a good experience with? Ideally Id like it to be within walking distance of cork's city centre but I wouldnt mind travelling further. Oh and in case anyone could offer me any advice here is my system...

    Fortron/Source Powersupply ATX 550W
    Bulk, 120mm, SATA, 24pin, EPS12V

    AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+
    ABIT KN8, nForce4, Socket-939, ATX
    Corsair TWINX2048-3200C2 DDR-DIMM 2048MB
    Club3D Radeon X1900XT 512MB GDDR3
    Xi-Fi Extreme Music sound card
    Samsung SpinPoint P120 200GB (I had XP service pack 2 installed here)
    2 x Western Digital Raptor 74GB SATA (RAID 0, vista installed here)
    Western Digital Caviar SE16 400GB SATA2 (used for storage)


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