Best place for mac repairs dublin

liamygunner29

Yesterday morning my Macbook decided it wouldn't go past the grey screen on start up. Having researched this it would appear the most likely fault is the hardrive is dead. Is theere anyway I can be sure of this or any other possible fault?

Also where is the best place to get a mac fixed in Dublin?

Thanks.:)

Sad Professor

Do you have the install disc? Booting from it and running Disk Utility should confirm if the hdd is gone.

liamygunner29

thanks for reply, ya i have an install disc 1 and 2..should I just enter it to the disc drive or is there anything different i should do?

I just entered it last night and nothing?

Sad Professor

Yeah put the disc into the drive and hold c as the Macbook starts up.

liamygunner29

ok i did that and when i was running through it, i was asked to select a destination for the software and there was no options does this onfirm the hard drive is dead? and what can i do?

Sad Professor

Sorry, meant to say after it has booted up from the disk, go to the Utilities menu and select Disk Utility. If there's no drives listed on the left side of the window (aside from the install disc) then yes that will mean the drive is dead. If there is a hard drive listed, select it and try repairing disk.

Greentree_uk

you could try www.evad.ie

patchrick

liamygunner29 wrote: »

ok i did that and when i was running through it, i was asked to select a destination for the software and there was no options does this onfirm the hard drive is dead? and what can i do?

Looks like your drive is definitely in trouble alright, I had this problem with a macbook a couple of weeks back. Best thing to do is to buy an external hard drive, swap the drives and reinstall Mac OS onto the new drive. You can then see if you can read the old disk by connecting it to the computer using the enclosure. Make sure to get an enclosure that fits your current hard disk!! (2.5' for macbook or 3.5" for imac)
If you are not comfortable doing that we can take a look at it for you (http://teleport.ie) or if you like let me know what area you are in and I can recommend another place that suits.

Patrick

PCPhoto

mactivate are another company who specialise in mac repairs - think they are in Dublin 15 area - but google can help you find them !

Ham'nd'egger

PCPhoto wrote: »

mactivate are another company who specialise in mac repairs - think they are in Dublin 15 area - but google can help you find them !

Mactivate are in Northwest Business Park while close to them are another Mac repair shop, Dectec. Both are workshops that are able to work on Warranty repairs. If you are close to town, I'd recommend Bondigroup; they are just off Clanbrassil Street; Dean is Apple certified, cheap and top notch.

docentore

get a new hard drive from either www.komplett.ie or ebay and change it yourself.

www.ifixit.com has great guides, its really nothing complicated and will save you few bobs in this recession times

cbr954

when you get your new drive, install smart reporter. It will warn you if your hard drive is going to fail.

faceman

Dectek do apple repairs. They are based in Dublin 15. Altho Im not sure whether its in or out of warranty they cover but I have used them for other things and they are pretty reliable.

http://www.dectek.ie/

Greentree_uk

faceman wrote: »

Dectek do apple repairs. They are based in Dublin 15. Altho Im not sure whether its in or out of warranty they cover but I have used them for other things and they are pretty reliable.

http://www.dectek.ie/

I believe Dectek have now changed to Evad. To Clarify.

The ONLY Authorised Apple Repair Centres in Dublin are:

www.typetec.ie
www.mactivate.ie
www.evad.ie aka Dectek.
it also seems www.tyrell.ie have taken up AASP status.

All others, Apple certified or not are not Authorised to perform warranty repairs. ofcourse that doesn't stop you sending your mac to the following. often with a quicker service than Dublin providers.

www.galmac.ie
www.compub.ie
www.streamsolutions.ie
www.screenway.ie

Expect to pay shipping both ways if necessary.


Also recent studies have shown smart status of drives to be very inaccurate and on the whole useless in predicting drive failure. there is an article somewhere....

Sad Professor

Greentree_uk wrote: »

Also recent studies have shown smart status of drives to be very inaccurate and on the whole useless in predicting drive failure. there is an article somewhere....

+1

My iMac's hdd died a slow painful death there during the summer. The SMART status was showing fully verified to the end.

Kev.

Mactivate is the only place for me,talk to a nice chap called Alan

ojgetsoff

repairmymac.ie sorted me out, certified mac techs

Greentree_uk

ofcourse no warranty repairs are done by repairmymac.ie since they are not an authorised service provider. so certified or not it makes no difference. apple won't stand over them

leopard1057

Hi

you can try with EVAD , I have same issue with hard drive , they fix the machine on the same day , they very good service in dublin

best of luck

photolady

Just curious really..how long can I expect to get out of my IMAC 27'' Quadcore? I know the answer is probably 'how long is a piece of string' but any PC laptop I've had in the past has started to suffer after a couple of years. Can I expect longer from the IMAC?

Sm4shbox

Does anyone know anywhere that could fix/replace the a MacBook White Unibody 2010 version?

I have a chip on the outside and want it repaired as cheaply as possible.

FGA Glass Splashbacks Ireland

Thanks. Going into Mactivate tomorrow. Old MacBook decided not to turn on anymore. The same day I bought I new one strangely enough. Will post reply on experience

7upfree

photolady wrote: »

Just curious really..how long can I expect to get out of my IMAC 27'' Quadcore? I know the answer is probably 'how long is a piece of string' but any PC laptop I've had in the past has started to suffer after a couple of years. Can I expect longer from the IMAC?

We have a 27" Quad Core for three and a half years. CompuB (highly recommend them) upgraded to an SSD for us late last year. The machine is flying and takes everything you throw at it. Boot to working desktop 23s. Also have Windows via Parallels. Outlook opens in three seconds. So you'll have it for quite a while I'd say!:D

The_Captain

Mactivate just quoted me €350 for a repair job Express Tech on Baggot St is doing for €160.

I won't be going near Mactivate again

Sad Professor

What’s the repair? Are they both in agreement about what the issue is and how to fix it?

whippet

The_Captain wrote: »

Mactivate just quoted me €350 for a repair job Express Tech on Baggot St is doing for €160.

I won't be going near Mactivate again

considering ExpressTech are not even an authorised apple repair centre i'd be wary of any non-generic parts they might fit.

Greentree_uk

This is an old thread but what are they fixing exactly?

7upfree

Bring it to CompuB. Problem solved. Excellent service and aftercare.