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Limerick circuit board repair - Help please!

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  • 22-03-2014 8:01pm
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    Jack Sawyer
    Registered Users Posts: 74 ✭✭


    Well because I'm an idiot I lost a load of photos on a HD that I was always planning on backing up properly and sensibly ----> next week etc :(

    - Lesson learnt and am really anxious to get these back as have lots of family pics on there.

    The thing is I don't have €600+ to send it of to a specialist repair company as I hear thats what these cost.

    Also the drive died cause of a voltage spike so am 99% sure due to the situation and symptoms present in drive now that a good electronics repair person could help me out as usually its just a case of mending the IC on the circuit board that got fried.

    I also have a second identical working HD so often a chip transplant from board to board can cure this.

    Anyone have any suggestions for Limerick area or reasonable distance?

    Thanks!


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    you wha?
    Registered Users Posts: 286 ✭✭you wha?


    would going to one of the laptop repair places in town work? the one up by the train station, on parnell street(near the animal welfare charity shop) is a good place. dunno would they do that though but you could chance it?
    :)


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    Miike
    Registered Users Posts: 2,021 ✭✭✭Miike


    Jack Sawyer wrote: »
    Well because I'm an idiot I lost a load of photos on a HD that I was always planning on backing up properly and sensibly ----> next week etc :(

    - Lesson learnt and am really anxious to get these back as have lots of family pics on there.

    The thing is I don't have €600+ to send it of to a specialist repair company as I hear thats what these cost.

    Also the drive died cause of a voltage spike so am 99% sure due to the situation and symptoms present in drive now that a good electronics repair person could help me out as usually its just a case of mending the IC on the circuit board that got fried.

    I also have a second identical working HD so often a chip transplant from board to board can cure this.

    Anyone have any suggestions for Limerick area or reasonable distance?

    Thanks!

    I'm sure that of the data-recovery places around (google them) would achieve this for you since you have a 2nd identical drive you're in a good enough position and it shouldn't cost all that much really. The "chip transplant" (as you so called it :P) is simple. If it works or not is another kettle of fish.

    I hope you get this sorted :)


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    MarkR
    Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators Posts: 11,054 Mod ✭✭✭✭MarkR


    Limerick Computer Centre advertise as being able to do this.

    http://limerickcomputers.ie/services/data-recovery-limerick.html

    We did try to use them to recover data from a damaged drive, but neither he nor a UK company could, so it was probably f*cked.

    Probably the place to try in limerick.


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    Jack Sawyer
    Registered Users Posts: 74 ✭✭Jack Sawyer


    Hey all - Thanks a million for the help on here - I got sorted!

    - I had a thread here too which gives the whole story - http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057174129


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