Looking for a good laptop repair place in Calgary...

[hash]

Like the topic says, I'm looking for a reliable and not too expensive place that will fix my stupid Dell machine. It seems to be overheating and shutting down every 5 minutes. :banghead:

Anyone know of any good places? thnx.

[Charon]

If its still under warranty, send it back to dell. Otherwise I would try opening it up and just cleaning the dust out of the heatsinks etc...

Are you sure that it is shutting down from overheating ? And not some other problem such as bad ram ?

[eblend]

Full laptop cleaning is $80 at compusmart, includes complete disassembly and cleaning on the inside

[GucciBoy]

Originally posted by eblend
Full laptop cleaning is $80 at compusmart, includes complete disassembly and cleaning on the inside

hmm i would be curious in the cleaning too. How often should you have it done on a laptop? I was told you can go years without blowing the dust out, but I cant see that lol.

[Davetronz]

A lot of places prefer not to work on Dells as they are not certified to do so...
Plus if anything is found to be damaged/broken they are unable to order parts.
I tend to not like pulling Dell's apart for any reason whereas Toshibas, IBM's and some Sony's are perfectly fine...

[BokCh0y]

^^^^:werd:

IMO sounds to me like your processor may be toast. Could also be motherboard. We've seen this at work a few times and the techs at Dell ended up sending out a MB, Processor and Heatsink.

[GucciBoy]

is it easy to blow the dust out yourself? i was told you can do it without having to open it up.

[eblend]

Originally posted by GucciBoy
is it easy to blow the dust out yourself? i was told you can do it without having to open it up.

i doubt that would do any good...your just blowing the dust from your processors and fans inside of the case...so now ur case has an inch or dust on it

[BlaCkPlaGUE]

TLD Computers on 29th st.

250-4600

Sounds like a fan issue to me. They'll fix anything.

[GucciBoy]

is cleaning covered under manu. warr?

[spike98]

i own a dell and i opened her up and cleaned it. I found complete instructions on how to take it apart on the dell website. Its pretty easy. While your at it put the CPU and put on a nice thin layer of arctic sliver it will make a HUGE difference.

[hash]

thnx for the response guys. i think i'm gonna try the DIY cleaning first and if its still not working, take it to one of the places mentioned above.

[Davetronz]

Originally posted by GucciBoy
is cleaning covered under manu. warr?
Nope,
Dust, dirt, and generall messiness isnt covered under Manufacturers warranty as it is considered an environmental condition.

[hash]

Well, turns out that it was a heating issue - apparently this model has some major heat handling issues (it uses the P4-M desktop processor).

I bought some canned air, opened it up, and gave it a few good blasts. Now all I need is a laptop cooling pad.