PC REPAIR

Craigels

anyone know the best place to send my laptop off for repair, its painfully slow and always freezing. i want to get it wiped and have the software updated.

skyguy19

theres are shops in Davis st, Parnel st and Gerald griffin that can do that for you

mastershake

Thought PC Repair Centre on davis st were pretty good.Quick and reasonably priced.

phill106

Would you consider doing it yourself? All you need is an external harddrive to backup pics/docs etc and depending on your computer, the wipe and recover process could be as easy as pressing f10 or f12 on boot.
Read up before you do it though!

wingnut

phill106 wrote: »

Would you consider doing it yourself? All you need is an external harddrive to backup pics/docs etc and depending on your computer, the wipe and recover process could be as easy as pressing f10 or f12 on boot.
Read up before you do it though!

+1 If its a software issue you should just reintall the OS. What's the make & model.

unnameduser

If in the castletroy area we run a repair centre in UL.


Best of luck.

Craigels

its a windows vista home basic on dell inspiron 1520 the battery also needs to be replaced if the plug falls out the laptop will shut down .

Maints

Steveon (boards member) is very good at PC repair. Use him all the time.

LB6

There's a PC/LT repair place in Raheen, just up the road from Raheen Church, beside Willow Hair Salon.

bazz26

The battery on the 1520 is known for giving trouble. You can buy a new one on ebay for around €25 shipped. Second hand ones are hit and miss imo.

This one has a 3 year warranty:
http://www.ebay.ie/itm/NEW-Battery-Dell-Inspiron-GK479-1520-1521-1720-1721-/280664300134?pt=UK_Computing_LaptopsAccessories_LaptopBatteries&hash=item4158e55a66

If you want the OS reinstalled then I recommend installing Windows 7 instead of Vista, even Microsoft are embarrassed these days of Vista.

MarkR

Craigels wrote: »

its a windows vista home basic on dell inspiron 1520 the battery also needs to be replaced if the plug falls out the laptop will shut down .

Funny thing about Dell computers. You can use any of their discs with any of their computers. If you had a windows 7 disc it will work, as would a xp disc.

SoapMcTavish

MarkR wrote: »

Funny thing about Dell computers. You can use any of their discs with any of their computers. If you had a windows 7 disc it will work, as would a xp disc.

Not strictly true .. it may install but the OS activation is successful depending on an algorithm run against the Service Tag of the system.
I've installed / reinstalled hundreds of PC's - lots of em Dells.

Is true most of the time though ...

Pikasso

LB6 wrote: »

There's a PC/LT repair place in Raheen, just up the road from Raheen Church, beside Willow Hair Salon.

That's Billy Murphy's place. He used to be out in Castletroy opposite the Hurlers. Highly recommended!
He'll look after you for very reasonable rates. :)

dunworth1

another crowd it raheen Db computers
www.dbcomp.ie mostly do businesses but will be able to do that for you.

wingnut

What do you use on your PC? Its its for web browsing, office documents etc, you could try Linux Mint.

Don't be put off by the whole Linux thing. The newer versions are very quick and easy to install for non tech people and they have great support for all the laptop hardware. You just download, burn to disk and the rest is automatic.

For basic web browsing and word processing/spreadsheets/presentations your laptop will fly with this on:

http://linuxmint.com/

I installed this on the parents PC, they always struggled with Windows and find it easier.

marienbad

Can you bring an Apple laptop to these guys , it is just the internet connection thingy is broken and the apple shop is looking for an arm and a leg to replace a 50 cent part.

TestTransmission

marienbad wrote: »

Can you bring an Apple laptop to these guys , it is just the internet connection thingy is broken and the apple shop is looking for an arm and a leg to replace a 50 cent part.

I couldn't see why not.