How Much Does PC Repair Cost in Perth?

This is the most common job we do, and it covers a lot of ground: a computer that is slow, one that will not turn on, random crashes, or anything else where the cause is not obvious from the outside. Several different faults can look identical to someone who is not a technician, so the first job is always finding out what is actually wrong.

We charge one flat fee that covers the diagnostic itself, the repair once the cause is known, and a 30-day warranty on the work. There is no separate charge for the time spent finding the fault, so it costs the same whether the cause turns out to be simple or takes longer to track down. If it will not turn on at all, our computer won't turn on page explains what each symptom usually means.

A full removal covers a deep scan of the whole system, removing whatever is found, cleaning up the browser if it has been affected, and setting up antivirus software so the same thing does not happen again straight after. Most infections are fully cleared the same day.

How urgent this is depends on what the infection is actually doing, which our guide to virus signs covers in more detail. Some infections are a nuisance; others are actively exposing accounts or files while the machine keeps running, which is why we would not leave this one for a convenient week. The virus removal page covers what a clean-up includes.

When a diagnostic finds nothing physically wrong, the machine is often just carrying years of clutter: too many programs starting with Windows, temporary files that were never cleared out, and drivers that have not been updated. A tune-up clears all of that out along with a quick malware check, without touching any hardware.

This is the cheapest fix on this page and the right one when the machine genuinely just needs a clean-up, but it is worth knowing it is also the fix most often sold to people whose real problem is hardware. If a tune-up has already been tried and the machine is still slow, the cause is more likely one covered in our slow computer guide. The slow computer repair page covers each tune-up level.

A solid-state drive has no moving parts and reads data far faster than a mechanical hard drive, which is why this is one of the biggest speed improvements you can make to an older machine. The price below covers the drive itself along with cloning everything across so nothing is lost in the move.

If you already own the SSD, or would rather choose and buy it yourself, we also offer a labour-only fitting and data transfer at a lower price. Either way the drive is sized to genuinely suit how the machine is used, not just whatever is cheapest to stock. The computer upgrades page covers SSDs and every other upgrade we fit.

Memory is the short-term workspace a computer uses for whatever is currently open, and machines bought a few years ago often shipped with less of it than everyday use now needs. The price below covers sourcing the right RAM for your machine, fitting it, and configuring it in the BIOS so it runs at its full rated speed rather than a default, slower setting.

If you supply your own RAM, DDR4 or DDR5, we also offer a labour-only fitting and configuration at a lower price. Either way, we check first that memory is genuinely the bottleneck before recommending it, since it will not help a machine whose real problem is somewhere else.

The price below includes the panel and the labour. Laptop screens are not one universal part, so the exact price depends on the panel your model takes, and the quote lists the panel and the labour separately once we have confirmed it, which usually only takes a few minutes to check.

A screen that is cracked but still displaying an image can be used carefully in the meantime. One that has gone dark, is showing lines through the display, or has come loose from the hinge is worth booking in sooner, since continuing to open and close a laptop with a damaged hinge or screen can turn a straightforward repair into a more expensive one. The laptop screen repair page lists every screen type and price.

This is a different job from an upgrade or a repair: rather than fixing the machine, the goal is pulling files off a drive that is already struggling before it fails completely. The price below applies to drives that are still partially accessible; a drive that will no longer spin up or mount at all needs a more advanced recovery, quoted separately once we have looked at it.

Our guide to failing hard drives covers the warning signs in detail, and the short version is the same: the earlier a failing drive is brought in, the better the odds the files on it can still be recovered in full. The data recovery page explains how recovery works.