hello,
need to find someone who will fix my PC. Its having hardware issues.
can anyone recommend any good businesses that will be able to help me out, fix my computer and not rip me off in the process?
Posted Jul 18, 2023, 12:31 AM UTC
DIY
IT Warehouse Marion, only been here once but they fixed my issues and gave my pc a full clean. Was also reasonably priced
Have only bought stuff from them but I have found them polite, knowledgeable and prices very good for what they could probably be charging for what I bought, so if you are in that area I would agree that they would be worth a shot.
They're all former colleagues of mine. Good guys.
Have known people to have some major issues there with not accepting returns for a fault, and also just some shoddy troubleshooting for a computer issue.
If you're not under warranty, why not just repair it yourself?
I'm not sure what the problem even is.
Not particularly helpful advice to someone who probably hasn’t repaired a computer before - they will likely wind up doing more harm than good.
I think -8 down votes is harsh. If you're out of warranty, how much "more" damage could you do... we all have YouTube, and yeah I've grown up with PCs and built a couple over the years, some advice from Reddit and some YouTube clips should get a lot of people trying to have a crack themselves I would have thought.... very difficult to cable a PSU wrong these days, it just is. Way easier to get ripped off at a PC store IMHO
What issue are you having?
It suddenly shut down and now it won't turn back on. No idea why.
It's probably the power supply.
Yeah sounds like the power supply.
You can just ask one of these two who reckon it’s the power supply.
Its always the bloody power supply.
Computer randomly crashing, power supply
Computer doesn't turn on - also power supply
Slow internet, believe it or not - power supply.
Good PSU always underrated, especially when they can be 'free' with the case... most of the time for most people with average use cases a free case psu is fine, but sometimes nope.
Photec computers was pretty good for me
Photech have built two computers for us. Good communication. Reasonable pricing for parts and labour (we shopped around). Only downside is parking, entry and exit can be interesting too in peak Main North Road traffic.
I went to Steve's PC repairs in St Clair yesterday, he was great! I had hardware issues after a GPU upgrade and he sorted the problem for me very quickly and very reasonable price. Give him a call as it's not a drop in shop
Adept Electronic Services
inspect-a-gadget on mullers rd
I came here to recommend this place.
All needs computers in the cbd is awesome
What part of Adelaide are you in?
If you’re in the northern suburbs, Auswide computers are great. Built my pc with them. Had a laptop looked at for repairs but it was fried and couldn’t be fixed so they didn’t charge me.
Had nothing but great experiences with them.
I've built my (and others') fair share of computers, and I've worked with a number of stores. Where are you located and I can recommend the best store near you. I'd generally say IT Warehouse are going to be the most reasonably priced whilst also likely having everything in stock to fix the issue there, but if that's a 30min+ drive for you, there are other places I could recommend.
ITC computers down on Beach road are a great bunch of blokes. Everytime I've had an issue beyond my skill level, I've been able to drop my rig off and collect within 1-2 days.
Can't recommend them enough
Blue mouse at hope valley. Local legend
I went with bluemouse at gawler because of your suggestion
Deeply unhappy with the service. I told them specifically I wanted a motherboard with 8 sata ports but they gave me one with four. They also told me it would cost $120 to diagnose the problem and instead they charged me hundreds of dollars. They never communicated to me and now I owe them $1000 and I'm getting a PC that isnt what I wanted.
I’m sorry you had an issue with the Gawler people but I did recommend the hope valley location. Family and friends have used their service numerous times and never had any issues hence the recommendation.
Would highly recommend these guys
Super helpful and knowledgeable. I was having a compatibility problem with my RAM that was causing random crashes.
Originally took it back to the place I bought it from but they were going to charge me $300 just to diagnose the problem. A problem caused by them providing incompatible components in a build.
Spoke to the fellas at Adelaide Computer Superstore about it and they had the same suspicions. Bought the right RAM from them and haven't had an issue since.
Just get a PSU from somewhere and try it. Doesn't have to be anything flash.
Photech Computers https://www.photech.com.au/
ITC computers down on Beach road are a great bunch of blokes. Everytime I've had an issue beyond my skill level, I've been able to drop my rig off and collect within 1-2 days.
Can't recommend them enough
I would also recommend IT&C at Christies if OP is close by otherwise it might be a bit far a venture.