[clug-talk] Where to get computer repaired

[Mark Carlson]

The Memory Express NE location is 2 blocks from Whitehorn Station.

On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 12:04 PM, Graham Monk <graham.monk at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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