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the drifter wrote: »See...this is what you get for letting the missus have her way....
Not trained well enough imo
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Anyway back to the original point, anyone know a good CHEAP repair guy. Need to get it fixed with a rush.
what model of a laptop is it source? you can always find replacement keyboards on e-bay and i could talk you through replacing it. hopefully it's just a "one screw in the back" job where you don't have to take off the bezel, because that'll be a right pain to get off in the first place, then to get back on flat with no bumps caused by kinked wires!
oh, when replacing the keyboard, mind that you dont snap the little tab that keeps the keyboard ribbon in place!
the guy in the pc repair shop on davis street has plenty of spare dell keyboards, if it's one of those, i could have it replaced for you this afternoon and have your laptop back up and running, labour FOC as a favour for a boardsie, so the keyboard might cost you approx €20...
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Anyway back to the original point, anyone know a good CHEAP repair guy. Need to get it fixed with a rush.
what model of a laptop is it source? you can always find replacement keyboards on e-bay and i could talk you through replacing it. hopefully it's just a "one screw in the back" job where you don't have to take off the bezel, because that'll be a right pain to get off in the first place, then to get back on flat with no bumps caused by kinked wires!
oh, when replacing the keyboard, mind that you dont snap the little tab that keeps the keyboard ribbon in place!
the guy in the pc repair shop on davis street has plenty of spare dell keyboards, if it's one of those, i could have it replaced for you this afternoon and have your laptop back up and running, labour FOC as a favour for a boardsie, so the keyboard might cost you approx €20...
It's a HP Pavillion Dv 1680, I'd say finding a keyboard for it will be hard enough.0 -
what model of a laptop is it source? you can always find replacement keyboards on e-bay and i could talk you through replacing it. hopefully it's just a "one screw in the back" job where you don't have to take off the bezel, because that'll be a right pain to get off in the first place, then to get back on flat with no bumps caused by kinked wires!
oh, when replacing the keyboard, mind that you dont snap the little tab that keeps the keyboard ribbon in place!
the guy in the pc repair shop on davis street has plenty of spare dell keyboards, if it's one of those, i could have it replaced for you this afternoon and have your laptop back up and running, labour FOC as a favour for a boardsie, so the keyboard might cost you approx €20...
Hey person who knows about computers
Where's the best place to get my screen replaced? 17'' Toshiba, about 4 years old but still in good nick! Daddy said he'd sort it but was quoted €180 and even I know that's robbery! Any words of wisdom? Also, The pin in the laptop that the power lead plugs into is a bit wobbley.....
(Yes, I know, I learned from my mistakes and I have insurance on the netbook!! :P )0 -
SarahBeep! wrote: »Hey person who knows about computers
Where's the best place to get my screen replaced? 17'' Toshiba, about 4 years old but still in good nick! Daddy said he'd sort it but was quoted €180 and even I know that's robbery! Any words of wisdom? Also, The pin in the laptop that the power lead plugs into is a bit wobbley.....
(Yes, I know, I learned from my mistakes and I have insurance on the netbook!! :P )
I wouldn't say robbery...
Manufacturer would charge a lot more than that.
Different people charge different amounts for their time. Those who charge very little invariably don't tend to be business very long and/or don't put too much pride in their work.
Don't know Limerick well enough to recommend a place. Although with it being a 17" screen I'd be surprised if it gets much cheaper than that quoted figure.
As for the dc socket. Best thing would be to replace the socket. Might be a separate piece to the motherboard or could be apart of it in which case its a solder job. Price wise, the cost for fitting it should be higher than the cost of the part. Actual figures... again not aware of Limerick pricing for such a job.0 -
Anyway back to the original point, anyone know a good CHEAP repair guy. Need to get it fixed with a rush.
what model of a laptop is it source? you can always find replacement keyboards on e-bay and i could talk you through replacing it. hopefully it's just a "one screw in the back" job where you don't have to take off the bezel, because that'll be a right pain to get off in the first place, then to get back on flat with no bumps caused by kinked wires!
oh, when replacing the keyboard, mind that you dont snap the little tab that keeps the keyboard ribbon in place!
the guy in the pc repair shop on davis street has plenty of spare dell keyboards, if it's one of those, i could have it replaced for you this afternoon and have your laptop back up and running, labour FOC as a favour for a boardsie, so the keyboard might cost you approx €20...
It's a HP Pavillion Dv 1680, I'd say finding a keyboard for it will be hard enough.
just off the phone now to the guy who owns pc repair on davis street, he has the keyboard alright for a 1680, but, at €50 its a bit on the shpensive side :eek:, sourced one on flea-bay alright but by the time you'd pay delivery and customs it worked out around €30, and build quality on the hp's is none too shabby either, lotta patience to take it apart, i reckon your best bet (would i be right in thinking the laptops a few years old since its a 1000 series?) would be as another poster suggested to get a usb keyboard and mouse, although a decent wireless solution (keyb + ms) would cost you the same €30 as an internal replacement keyb...
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SarahBeep! wrote: »what model of a laptop is it source? you can always find replacement keyboards on e-bay and i could talk you through replacing it. hopefully it's just a "one screw in the back" job where you don't have to take off the bezel, because that'll be a right pain to get off in the first place, then to get back on flat with no bumps caused by kinked wires!
oh, when replacing the keyboard, mind that you dont snap the little tab that keeps the keyboard ribbon in place!
the guy in the pc repair shop on davis street has plenty of spare dell keyboards, if it's one of those, i could have it replaced for you this afternoon and have your laptop back up and running, labour FOC as a favour for a boardsie, so the keyboard might cost you approx €20...
Hey person who knows about computers
Where's the best place to get my screen replaced? 17'' Toshiba, about 4 years old but still in good nick! Daddy said he'd sort it but was quoted €180 and even I know that's robbery! Any words of wisdom? Also, The pin in the laptop that the power lead plugs into is a bit wobbley.....
(Yes, I know, I learned from my mistakes and I have insurance on the netbook!! :P )
hmm, hate to say it sarah but whoever quoted you €180 wasnt that far off, approx €120 for the screen (depending on matt or gloss options, etc), then €60 to fit it, ok most places charge about €150 to replace the more common 15" screen (€100 for the screen, €50 to fit it) so that might be the reason for the bit of a price jump, unless you mean €180 for the screen alone in which case, yeah, bit of a rob alright! check out what the guys on brokenscreen.ie might charge you for it, i think thats the address anyway, on the mobile at the mo, but as far as i know they'll pick it up and deliver it back to you FOC...
as for the wiggly power connector on the laptop, that part far as i know you can get it out in maplin for €35, but any solder work like that i have a hardware guy that does it for me, he'd probably look for €50 for parts + labour, i dont do it myself because solder work is a pain in the proverbial, tricky, and fair shmellah indoors! 0 -
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not wishing to drag the thread into the realms of the serious, but...Different people charge different amounts for their time. Those who charge very little invariably don't tend to be business very long and/or don't put too much pride in their work.
speaking for myself, im in business nearly 20 years, there was a time when i could charge £70 an HOUR (yes folks, that's old money!) for a job like virus removal, which back then could take as long as three hours! there are still some places nowadays that charge extortionate prices for virus removal, llast time i checked, pcworld were charging €90 for virus removal. they're still doing great business last time i was out there simply because people either don't know any better, or just don't know anyone that knows even a small bit about computers to be able to fix it for them!
the other side of the coin though, i think the people you are referring to are the likes of the cowboys that fleece their customers that again, dont know any better, and as much as i despise pc world charging extortionate prices, i loathe even more the under the table cowboys fleecing customers and doing half arséd jobs on their repairs. i meet that a lot in my work where they'd have taken it to a repair guy and i find out that the cowboy has done more damage than they've purported to have fixed, and the customer has no comeback! at least in pcworld the customer has some comeback if the repair guy makes a hames of it, and usually if a laptop is still under warranty, i'll always suggest to the customer that i get in touch with the manufacturer for them.
i was last year going to set up an office on catherine street, but with the costs mounting, i decided against it and decided to continue working from home as the costs of a separate premises were too prohibitive to justify the extra expense that i would have to pass on to my customers. i make a comfortable enough living as i am without having to extort my customers and that way i get many return customers, for example when they are making a new IT purchase or an acquaintance of theirs has a problem with their laptop/printer/broadband, etc.
i've never had to advertise and im a firm believer in the mantra that "word of mouth is the best advertisement", something that was instilled in me by my father who was also self employed. he never advertised either, and these were the days before social media was looked on as a potential marketing tool. i cannot stand social media myself tbh, the facebook, twitter, linkedin, etc, works for some, not for me personally. i dont even have a webite actually, the justification being that- when your broadband goes for example, you cant look up the internet for a pc repair guy, and even then, you just dont know what you're getting! realistically, how many times have you used the internet over a personal recommendation?As for the dc socket. Best thing would be to replace the socket. Might be a separate piece to the motherboard or could be apart of it in which case its a solder job. Price wise, the cost for fitting it should be higher than the cost of the part. Actual figures... again not aware of Limerick pricing for such a job.
i remember i used pay €200 for getting this job done before i met the guy i use now, ex-dell and ex-phillips employee where he used solder PCB's on all manner of electronic equipment from tv's to pc's. the guy is an absolute wizard with a solder gun and i wouldn't use him if his work was any way shoddy, and he doesn't charge extortionate prices either! 0 -
not wishing to drag the thread into the realms of the serious, but...
speaking for myself, im in business nearly 20 years, there was a time when i could charge £70 an HOUR (yes folks, that's old money!) for a job like virus removal, which back then could take as long as three hours! there are still some places nowadays that charge extortionate prices for virus removal, llast time i checked, pcworld were charging €90 for virus removal. they're still doing great business last time i was out there simply because people either don't know any better, or just don't know anyone that knows even a small bit about computers to be able to fix it for them!
the other side of the coin though, i think the people you are referring to are the likes of the cowboys that fleece their customers that again, dont know any better, and as much as i despise pc world charging extortionate prices, i loathe even more the under the table cowboys fleecing customers and doing half arséd jobs on their repairs. i meet that a lot in my work where they'd have taken it to a repair guy and i find out that the cowboy has done more damage than they've purported to have fixed, and the customer has no comeback! at least in pcworld the customer has some comeback if the repair guy makes a hames of it, and usually if a laptop is still under warranty, i'll always suggest to the customer that i get in touch with the manufacturer for them.
i was last year going to set up an office on catherine street, but with the costs mounting, i decided against it and decided to continue working from home as the costs of a separate premises were too prohibitive to justify the extra expense that i would have to pass on to my customers. i make a comfortable enough living as i am without having to extort my customers and that way i get many return customers, for example when they are making a new IT purchase or an acquaintance of theirs has a problem with their laptop/printer/broadband, etc.
i've never had to advertise and im a firm believer in the mantra that "word of mouth is the best advertisement", something that was instilled in me by my father who was also self employed. he never advertised either, and these were the days before social media was looked on as a potential marketing tool. i cannot stand social media myself tbh, the facebook, twitter, linkedin, etc, works for some, not for me personally. i dont even have a webite actually, the justification being that- when your broadband goes for example, you cant look up the internet for a pc repair guy, and even then, you just dont know what you're getting! realistically, how many times have you used the internet over a personal recommendation?
i remember i used pay €200 for getting this job done before i met the guy i use now, ex-dell and ex-phillips employee where he used solder PCB's on all manner of electronic equipment from tv's to pc's. the guy is an absolute wizard with a solder gun and i wouldn't use him if his work was any way shoddy, and he doesn't charge extortionate prices either!
Ah ya I don't disagree with any of that. In my own mind I was referring to a) the kind of cowboys you mentioned already b) those who do operate out of a premises yet still charge a ridiculously low price and when you're in the same town you have a pretty good idea of their overheads, so its not rocket science to realise if their on a sustainable path or not and as I said, invariably they last no more than 6/12 months.
Of course someone like yourself works on a different cost base so its a different kettle of fish. Although you have your own problems with the cowboys potentially tarring your reputation towards new customers but as you said the word of mouth helps drown that out.
So ya when Sarah mentioned that price, the only way that would improve significantly would be if she was dealing with a cowboy or some guy who works off unsustainable margins.
Certainly wasn't brushing those of your ilk with a tardy brush! Thats for sure! 0 -
hmm, hate to say it sarah but whoever quoted you €180 wasnt that far off, approx €120 for the screen (depending on matt or gloss options, etc), then €60 to fit it, ok most places charge about €150 to replace the more common 15" screen (€100 for the screen, €50 to fit it) so that might be the reason for the bit of a price jump, unless you mean €180 for the screen alone in which case, yeah, bit of a rob alright! check out what the guys on brokenscreen.ie might charge you for it, i think thats the address anyway, on the mobile at the mo, but as far as i know they'll pick it up and deliver it back to you FOC...
as for the wiggly power connector on the laptop, that part far as i know you can get it out in maplin for €35, but any solder work like that i have a hardware guy that does it for me, he'd probably look for €50 for parts + labour, i dont do it myself because solder work is a pain in the proverbial, tricky, and fair shmellah indoors!
Sent them an enquiry, cheers! I'd never heard of them before! I'd say at this stage I'd be better off putting the money towards a new laptop....0 -
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SarahBeep! wrote: »Sent them an enquiry, cheers! I'd never heard of them before! I'd say at this stage I'd be better off putting the money towards a new laptop....
wouldn't put the old laptop out to pasture yet, ok it might make more sense yes to put the money towards a new laptop, but you could still put the old laptop to good use as a media center under your tv, €15 for a VGA cable, €30 for a wireless keyb + mouse, and use your tv as a monitor while you're sitting back on the couch with your wireless keyb/mouse with the ability to listen to all your music and still watch all your dvds!
or if it's just that it's slowed to a choke, you could just back up all your stuff off it, a factory image reinstall is a matter of a couple of keystrokes and in minutes you're back to laptop day one! 0 -
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the drifter wrote: »or a screen for a google nexus S....got sick of it one morning at 4am while on call and hopped it off the wall.
Mod of the Strength and Sports forum vs a google nexus, i couldn't see that one ending well for the phone either!
ah no, it'd set you back about €70 for the screen alone i reckon, i used do mobile phone repairs but it was just too costly to justify the small profit margins, and as small and delicate as laptops can be, my god, mobile phones are like going from fixing desktops to fixing laptops, proportionally speaking at least! 0 -
i was just down there myself, the official opening is on at half five, no reception on the mobile so i rushed home to post it on boards, you got there before me! now, to run in for a shower, some of the exhibitions are amazing though, my 7 year old particularly liked the melted wax crayons piece, while i myself liked the "from the sea" piece by was it Mary Sweeney? Swansea? 
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