The Computer Repair Services (CRS) team provides vendor-certified repair and upgrade services (both in- and out-of-warranty) to faculty, staff and students for business-class units from Apple, Dell, and Lenovo.
Students can submit a request for computer repair or diagnostics through the LTS Jira request system; or, students can call the LTS HelpDesk (610-758-4357). Faculty/staff can contact the LTS Help Desk to start a computer repair request.
CRS employs a limited number of technicians, and at times the number of jobs is large, and a backlog occurs. Priority is given to critical University-owned systems, and staff computers. The shop does not stock parts, but orders all needed parts via next-day delivery. Most in-warranty repairs are handled in 1-3 days.
Unfortunately, no, the MCRC does not fix printers. Your printer usually comes with a warranty from the manufacturer. Visit their website for further details. If it cannot be repaired, you may have to purchase a new printer.
No, the MCRC does not have the ability to reset passwords or unlock accounts. You can help yourself by joining the password portal ( ) otherwise you must report to the ITSC in Ward Hall for assistance.
Simply put, by abuse. Laptops tend to be treated like a textbook, not like the $2,000 pieces of fragile electronics that they are. Jamming your laptop in your backpack is not good. Please use a separate carrying case.
Even if you are technically literate and you have all the prevention software, anti-virus software, and a physical or software firewall, you are still likely to get infected at some point. So how do they slip by all your protection software and infect your systems? Quite simply, you let them in somehow. Chances are that it was through free software you downloaded at some point.
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To obtain service for college-owned equipment, call the IT Service Center at extension 4487 during college business hours. The IT Service Center staff can help you solve many problems over the phone. If this is not possible, a technician will come to your office to diagnose and solve the problem. If ITSC cannot repair your office equipment, the Desktop Technology Services group will replace it.
To obtain service for personally-owned computers purchased at the Smith Computer Store, call the IT Service Center at extension 4487 during college business hours, and they will transfer your call to a technician. If the ITSC staff can't solve your problem over the phone, they can usually isolate the problem to one of the major components of your system and arrange a time for you to drop off the appropriate unit.
Most repairs and replacements are made within a day or two, and nearly all are made within two weeks. Service for your own equipment is billed at a discounted rate for time and materials; a technician can estimate your cost after diagnosing the problem.
It depends. If the damage is severe, you might be better off buying a new computer than spending hundreds (or thousands) of dollars on repairs. Always get price quotes from a few computer repair services near you, and compare those estimates to desktop and laptop prices. If it's cheaper to fix your computer, consider doing so. But if it's cheaper to buy a new device, that's probably your best option.
Buying a new hard drive is almost always cheaper than buying a new computer. If you suspect you need to upgrade or replace your hard drive, ask a computer technician to diagnose your device (and request a cost estimate if the culprit is indeed the hard drive).
If you would like to get a repair estimate, please bring your equipment in. We cannot give any accurate estimates without making our own assessment of the needed repairs. We can only honor estimate given after proper assessment of the PC/equipment.
We offer same-day computer service for virus removal, pc tune-ups, software related problems, and certain hardware upgrades. If you get a new computer and you need help setting up your new PC, our same-day service can help you get back up to speed. Please give us a call to schedule your same-day desktop or laptop computer service.
We fix both software and hardware related computer problems and we have years of experience working on a variety of laptop and desktop computer brands such as HP, Dell, Lenovo, Asus, MSI, Acer, Toshiba, Mac, etc. Below you will find an overview of some of the most popular computer services that we provide:
Our PC repair shop is located in the Padden Commerce Park at 12000 NE 95th St, STE 504 Vancouver, WA 98682. We are located within 10 miles of Camas, Battle Ground, Brush Prairie and Ridgefield. So, if you are looking for a computer repair tech or a PC repair shop in the Portland Metropolitan Area, check out PC Rescue Wiz.
No-cost Warranty Repairs for Lenovo, Dell and HP Business-class computers
Through a partnership with Micros Northeast, Bentley offers on-site warranty repair services for Lenovo, Dell and HP business-class laptop computers.
Repairs at a Cost for Other Makes/Models/Non-Warranty Repairs
If a student has a laptop that is not covered under warranty or Accidental Damage Protection, on-site repair is available at a cost and subject to parts availability from the manufacturer. The cost of a non-business-class or non-warranty repair includes time and materials, and payment is made via credit card directly to Micros Northeast.
Access to a Loaner Laptop
While your computer is with Micros Northeast for active repair, priority access to a loaner laptop is available for students who purchased a computer via the Micros Northeast portal. Students who did not purchase via the Micros Northeast portal are eligible for a loaner laptop based upon availability. Students are responsible for any damage, loss or theft to the loaner laptop.
I never really gave much thought to it, but a computer repair business would be an excellent place to run a criminal enterprise. You're handing your precious PC to a complete stranger to fix it, but who's to say what else they'll do while they have access to your box of electronic goodies? They could snoop through your files, steal your data, secretly install malicious programs, or even replace a nice bit of your hardware with a crummy substitute.
I've already done all of that in the first couple hours of first-person sim Computer Repair Shop, and that's just the tip of the iceberg (the iceberg in this metaphor is crime). For instance, how many people would you guess I've beaten to death with a baseball bat in this computer repair sim? Did you guess four? If you guessed four, you are correct. It's four.
I attempt to deal with the raiders myself, but when I try to swing the bat I instead abruptly place it on the floor. As I'm being punched and kicked to death, I notice the on-screen prompt to use my bat is right-click to attack, but left-click to "build." What the hell kind of action is "build" when you're holding a baseball bat?
After a bit of experimentation, I discover that in this game "build" actually means "place" and that's true no matter what I'm holding in this game: a box, a bat, a cat, a naked lady robot (I'll explain her later). It's a weird word to use instead of "drop" or "put down" and will continue to confuse me for quite some time.
Once I've got my verbs sorted out, I beat the raiders to death with my bat, then "build" my bat in the back room (by which I mean place it on the floor.) I spend the next several minutes sweeping the store and scrubbing the walls of filth and graffiti, before placing (building) my broom against the wall. Having killed three people and swept, it's finally time to begin my career as a computer repair person!
A man walks in, places (builds?) a PC on a wood pallet, and wordlessly leaves. Thankfully, a sticky note explains the situation with his computer: the guy bought a stolen PC from a thief, but it won't boot. I guess he can't exactly ask for a refund.
After rooting around inside his computer, I solve the mystery: there's no power supply. I order him a new power supply using my tablet, which arrives via drone (suddenly this grubby low-tech world is full of futuristic devices), install it, and go to the post office down the hall to ship it back to him.
My next customer is an emaciated man who chooses to stand in the lobby of my shop the entire time I'm working, which is creepy as hell. He tells me he's a porn addict who has forgotten his password (you could have just told me you forgot your password, dude). I need to get him logged in and clean the PC of viruses and dust and hopefully nothing else.
Being a shady PC repair guy, I have access to a flash drive filled with dubious software like a password cracker, so I stick the drive in his PC, hack his password, and install an antivirus program that finds 300 viruses. I also point a compressed air duster at his computer for an entire action-packed minute, then give the PC back to him. So far, things are going pretty well and I've almost forgotten about the people I brutally bludgeoned a few minutes ago.
My next few customers are a mix of easy and hard jobs. One customer is a woman in a bikini, because of course, who just needs a CPU repaired. Another guy drops off his computer with a whole list of requests, including overclocking his PC and installing games. Someone else keeps getting a BSOD. Diagnosing and solving some of these problems is kinda fun, though after a few customers the requests quickly begin repeating.
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