Laptop Repair

googlefan

Hi,

After cracking the screen of my Dell laptop. Anyone know any places in Waterford which can do this type of repair or how much it might cost?

Thanks

Sully

Not in Waterford, but iv passed a few laptops to a business in kilkenny. They can be costly to repair. Its a specialist repair that your average repair guy can't do.

nkay1985

googlefan wrote: »

Hi,

After cracking the screen of my Dell laptop. Anyone know any places in Waterford which can do this type of repair or how much it might cost?

Thanks

Hey,

This happened to my girlfriend's laptop last year and I spoke to Marcus from Munster IT services. He basically said that for the price you'd pay to get a screen replaced, you'd nearly get a new one. So unless it's a particularly expensive model or something, I'd say you're looking at the same situation.

Sully

nkay1985 wrote: »

Hey,

This happened to my girlfriend's laptop last year and I spoke to Marcus from Munster IT services. He basically said that for the price you'd pay to get a screen replaced, you'd nearly get a new one. So unless it's a particularly expensive model or something, I'd say you're looking at the same situation.

Depends on the damage, but more or less! He will need it brought to an IT shop to recover the data from the drive to the new laptop if that's the final solution!

wellbutty

"Lets Talk About Computers" on the Airport Business Park specialise in this kind of stuff (recovery + replacing parts), around €65 + VAT per hour I think, which as someone already mentioned, makes laptops hardly worth repairing

ziedth

Particually seeing as its a Dell laptop Parts might be very hard to come by for repair. I know it was that way with printers anyway but this maybe a different ball game.

googlefan

The model is only about 6 months old, Dell Inspiron 1525. Sickened now I have to say-I've become quite fond of her!

We'll see does the aul home contents insurance cover it.

Sully

There not "Dell parts" as such. There usually from a well known brand. Dell do exactly what I do - buy the parts, build the machine to the customers spec. Slight differences of course, but in theory, that's whats done. So you should not have any problems finding parts.

Dell might do the repair job at a better rate seeing as its fairly new. If you want me to take a look, I can see about getting a repair quote for you.

daftdave

Sully wrote: »

There not "Dell parts" as such. There usually from a well known brand. Dell do exactly what I do - buy the parts, build the machine to the customers spec. Slight differences of course, but in theory, that's whats done. So you should not have any problems finding parts.

Dell might do the repair job at a better rate seeing as its fairly new. If you want me to take a look, I can see about getting a repair quote for you.

.......hmmm

"its what i do"

take a look

get ya a quote,

come on , that has to be advertising your services :P

ziedth

Sully wrote: »

There not "Dell parts" as such. There usually from a well known brand.

I stand corrected, I just know from experience in my former line of work the printer consumables and the like can be fairly hard to come by from Dell.

OP, Could you not just get A cable to hook it up to your TV and run it that way?

daftdave

ziedth wrote: »

I stand corrected, I just know from experience in my former line of work the printer consumables and the like can be fairly hard to come by from Dell.

OP, Could you not just get A cable to hook it up to your TV and run it that way?

machine

or if needs be , transfer the hdd to a new machine ?

Sully

daftdave wrote: »

.......hmmm

"its what i do"

take a look

get ya a quote,

come on , that has to be advertising your services :P

I don't do what the OP is looking for. just explaining how Dell works!

Sully

daftdave wrote: »

machine

or if needs be , transfer the hdd to a new machine ?

Still a waste of a laptop! And a new drive as you can't get laptops really without a hard drive in it.. :P

daftdave

Sully wrote: »

Still a waste of a laptop! And a new drive as you can't get laptops really without a hard drive in it.. :P

huh ??

if the screen is fooked in his old laptop , take the drive and transfer it to a new laptop ,


have you confused me or have i confused you ,

im off to bed , way too late to be working this stuff out !

googlefan

ziedth wrote: »

I stand corrected, I just know from experience in my former line of work the printer consumables and the like can be fairly hard to come by from Dell.

OP, Could you not just get A cable to hook it up to your TV and run it that way?

Sure I'm using it now. Its usable but a bit annoying.

Doing a bit of research later when I wip out the insurance policies, I might get cover for a new one!

Is there any sort of protector you can get to give the screen a bit more protection? Its easily enough to crack it if you get unlucky.

old gregg

well if you've currently got some semblance of a display then if you've not done so already now is the time to do a full backup.

Beyond that, new lappies are cheap and you get an upgrade into the bargain. Many years ago in a former life as an I.T. consultant I specified (but wanted nothing to do with supply) lappies to some docs out in the hospital and Toshiba came out on top as a brand you'd find it easiest to obtain replacement screens for in most developed countries. Some of them had a habit of dropping the lappy onto the airport floor while jetlagged and stuff.

not saying if that's still the case and I've nothing to do with IT equipment supply so aint selling anything to anyone.

Sully

daftdave wrote: »

huh ??

if the screen is fooked in his old laptop , take the drive and transfer it to a new laptop ,


have you confused me or have i confused you ,

im off to bed , way too late to be working this stuff out !

If you buy a new laptop - you get a hard drive with it. New. To replace it, would be a waste. To get rid of the old one, would be a waste also. Either way, your loosing a perfectly good drive.

OP: Send me on the make and model via PM, along with a picture/detail of the problem. Ill get in touch with the crowd in Kilkenny and ask them for a quote. A client of mine was getting a Packard Bell Inverter Board for around €200 so yours could come in around the same.

gaulsmillls

Well my son spilled milk on my laptop last week and its **** my wife rang the insurance to see if we had accidental ins but we dont the laptop was still covered and they said if they cant fix it they will replace or give a cash settlement happy days:):)

gaulsmillls

The old harddrive can be converted to be an external harddrive. i bought a convert on the net for a 250 gb 3.5 in hard drive it only cost me 10 euros it was an ide to usb came with a alu case you will want an sata to usb it cost around the same http://www.usbnow.co.uk/Adapters_&_Connectors-USB_to_SATA_Adapters/c42_49/index.html just google sata to usb. hope this help at least you get to keep the drive:)

thund3rbird_

googlefan wrote: »

Hi,

After cracking the screen of my Dell laptop. Anyone know any places in Waterford which can do this type of repair or how much it might cost?

Thanks

I know you asked about Waterford but these guys replace Dell screens (15") for €135, or buy the screen for €125
http://www.ccity.ie

Roen

OP,

They're handy to replace. If you need more than two screwdrivers I'd be surprised. Just make sure you get the right screen for your particular laptop (some of the inverters can vary from model to model).

I've done quite a few from Dell and Apple and if you take it handy and follow the plentiful online guides you shouldn't go too far wrong. I don't have the link to the place I got the screens from in the States but that ccity place looks ok, give em a ring and see if they can sort you.

Apple were looking for €600 to replace the last mac book screen we sent them so I swapped it out myself for the grand total of €115 for parts plus shipping.

Best of luck with it whatever you end up doing.
R.

thund3rbird_

Hi OP

don't know if you found anywhere yet but recently saw an ad in Waterford Today for http://itservices.ie/

they are behind john kellys garage in the industrial estate

Sully

thund3rbird_ wrote: »

Hi OP

don't know if you found anywhere yet but recently saw an ad in Waterford Today for http://itservices.ie/

they are behind john kellys garage in the industrial estate

From looking at the website, they don't cover that. They would do a lot of what we do ourselves.

thund3rbird_

Sully wrote: »

From looking at the website, they don't cover that. They would do a lot of what we do ourselves.

not directly mentioned on the site, true.
but on http://itservices.ie/repair.htm it does mention

Everyone that has used a computer on a regular basis knows that they are far from perfect, and occasionally components need to be repaired or replaced.

but this is the ad in WT which does mention it

Sully

thund3rbird_ wrote: »

but this is the ad in WT which does mention it

That makes more sense. I assume that website is very out dated then

googlefan

Thanks again lads for all the advice. Had to put this on the back burner for a bit but going through the insurance crap to come up with the best solution!

thund3rbird_

Sully wrote: »

That makes more sense. I assume that website is very out dated then

off topic Sully but the alphadesign site could do with being updated too

a few warnings on the page when I tried to load it

(both IE & FF)

Sully

thund3rbird_ wrote: »

off topic Sully but the alphadesign site could do with being updated too

a few warnings on the page when I tried to load it

(both IE & FF)

Moving server at the moment, so everything is up in the air. Up to my eyes trying to move accounts, prepare others, and run everything else at the same time :P Thanks for the heads up on that, ill get around to fixing it now if I don't collapse in this roasting room!!

Edit: Fixed.

whittler

theres a guy in waterford and hes marvolous with laptops and pcs..."aidansaffordableservices" he will go to your home if you want and gaurantees all his work,

Sully

whittler wrote: »

theres a guy in waterford and hes marvolous with laptops and pcs..."aidansaffordableservices" he will go to your home if you want and gaurantees all his work,

Most Waterford IT company's do that btw.

For what its worth, I got a decent enough quote for the repair for the OP - €160 (incl. call out charge, parts, repair etc). Though im not sure what the OP has decided to do

magick

OP theirs a guy I know in Grange Manor who would do the job for u, if u are interested u can pm me