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Computer problems

  • 17-05-2009 07:58PM
    #1
    richiepoorman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 114 ✭✭


    Can anyone reccomend somewhere in Mullingar to get a computer/monitor looked at reasonably priced? :) Thanks.


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  • #2
    coillcam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,015 ✭✭✭coillcam


    Have you tried the forums on boards? You might be able to fix the issue yourself..... http://boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=9

    A mate of mine is a technician, pm me and I'll give you his number if you want. I don't want to post it on a public forum as it's his personal number and I don't have his work one.


  • #3
    richiepoorman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 114 ✭✭richiepoorman


    Have asked in the Tech forum - but it seems that all the computer type people in Mullingar are closing down. Can you PM his number? Cheers :)


  • #4
    richiepoorman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 114 ✭✭richiepoorman


    My sister got her monitor fixed by a guy in Blackhall (Compu 2u) and he only charged her €20. Fantastic service. :)


  • #5
    pip-irl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13 ✭pip-irl


    very few in town that are actually any good. Prob best to find a friend who knows what the are doing. most the shops in town don't know what they are doing.


  • #6
    mullingar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,338 ✭✭✭mullingar


    AFAIK there are no 'decent' computer repair shops.

    I have done a lot of repairs to PC/laptops for acquaintances and work colleagues (with no fix no fee agreements) and many were botch jobs from so called PC repair shops.

    One example of how bad they are, a work colleague had a 2 yr old dell laptop which failed its drop test and damaged the MB:

    She brought it into a computer shop (town center) for a quote and after 2 days they were in touch said it would cost around €800 to repair so its not worth repairing but they did charge €20 to put all the contents of the hard-drive onto a DVD-R (bless them). So she claimed it off the house insurance.

    It was a month later that we were chatting about it and I said drop it into me for a look,
    THE BAAASTARD HAD ROBBED THE HARD-DRIVE, RAM AND WIFI CARD!,
    I told her to go back to the computer shop and complain but of course they denied all knowledge:mad:

    She gave it to me to keep as she was going to throw it out, but €300 on second hand parts from ebay and 2 hours of my time brought it back to life


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