[clug-talk] Where to get computer repaired

[Graham Monk]

Memory Express NW is a bit closer to Dalhousie Station.

graham

On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 11:13 AM, Shawn <sgrover at open2space.com> wrote:
> If you are lucky, it is the motor of the CD drive you are hearing.  Or maybe
> just a dusty CPU fan (or maybe power supply or video card fan...).  I say
> these are lucky because replacement is about $30 for these parts.
>
> If you are not so lucky, it could be your hard drive going.  In which case,
> replacing the hard drive is in order, and that means loosing anything on
> that drive.  (there are still ways you can try to recover the data
> though...).  But a new drive can be had from $50 and up depending how much
> space you want.
>
> If it is just a CD Drive, a fan, or a drive, these can all be replaced on
> your own pretty easily and at much less cost than a repair shop.  A repair
> shop costs approx $50/hour (last I heard, but I would plan for more), and in
> a worse case, there is maybe a few hours work there.  Your computer is well
> outside usual warranty periods, so I let fear of voiding a warranty prevent
> me for trying things... :)
>
> IF you need to replace your CPU, Memory or motherboard, then you are pretty
> much looking at a new computer.  The current standards/formats are a little
> different than 5 years ago.
>
> Regarding repair shops, I would stay away from Future Shop, Staples, Best
> Buy, etc.  I would probably recommend Memory Express, Computer Rack, or some
> other equivalent focused computer shop.  But I don't know of any near a
> CTrain station off hand.  Memory Express south isn't TOOO far from Chinook,
> but it is still a 10 or 15 minute walk...
>
> Regarding upgrading Ubuntu.  I had similar problems when I first installed
> 9.10.  Enough frustration to make me look to other distros. In the end I
> came back to Kubuntu 9.10 as a clean install.  Though now it is giving me
> grief with my CD burner, so maybe I'll try out another distro here sooner
> rather than later...  Fedora 12 looked decent.
>
>
> HTH
>
> Shawn
>
>
>
>
> Ralph Boland wrote:
>>
>> When shutting down my computer last night I forgot to close the CD door.
>> The computer shutdown but left the door open.  When I tried to reboot
>> it wouldn't start up.  By pushing the door I managed to get the door
>> closed.
>> At this point (or before when the computer shut down) there was a
>> sound like a motor, likely the CD drive motor.  This sound wouldn't
>> stop even though the computer was shutdown.  The computer would not
>> turn on at this point so I unplugged it.  I tried several times to
>> reboot after plugging in the computer but without success.  The motor
>> sound restarted but the computer otherwise remained completely off.
>> After several tries the motor sound stopped.
>> The only thing I see now is to bring it to a repair shop.
>> Can anyone suggest where I should get it repaired that I can reach by
>> C-train and if necessary bus?
>> My computer is over 5 years old  (2.7G celeron,  768M memory, cost
>> 600$ in  2004)
>> but is fast enough for me for the moment.  At what repair cost point
>> does it make sense to just buy a new computer?
>>
>>
>> By the way if anybody is considering upgrading (as opposed to an
>> install) from  ubuntu  9.04
>> to  9.10,  DON'T!  I upgraded 9 days ago.  Since then my computer
>> freezes a dozen or more times a day.  Everything freezes except the
>> mouse.  Even ctrl-alt F-6 is ignored.  I tried to find a pattern as to
>> where it freezes but to no avail.  The only way I found to avoid
>> freezing was to not log in although it seemed pretty safe when only in
>> the shell.  I finally gave up and decided to do a fresh install.  But
>> I ran into problems burning a backup DVD.  I have my backups from 9
>> days ago though.  Then my computer died.
>>
>> Thanks for any advice.  I can read emails (rpboland at gmail.com) at the
>> library or I can be phoned at  403-764-3681
>>
>> Ralph Boland
>>
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