Computer Repairs Prahran
Having trouble with your computer or tech issue in Prahran?
Computer Technicians is here to help. Founded in 2016 and Aussie owned and operated, our hand-picked team of qualified computer engineers are extensively trained in all PC, Mac, laptop and desktop repairs and upgrades.
We provide fast, same-day service to your home or business.
Whether you’re dealing with a BSOD on your HP Spectre, a blown PSU on an Intel i7 build, CPU overheating on a Dell Precision workstation or a Wi-Fi Mesh that keeps dropping out across your apartment, we will troubleshoot your problems and fix it with a minimal amount of fuss. There is no computer problem we can’t fix.
We have a no fix no fee policy. You don’t pay anything if your issue hasn’t been fixed!
We work across all kinds of devices and setups including:
- Windows PCs, HP and Dell laptops and Apple Macs
- Smartphones, tablets and smart home devices
- NBN modems, Wi-Fi routers and whole home mesh systems
- Printers, smart TVs and home entertainment setups
What We Sort Out For You:
- PC & Mac Repairs – BSODs, failed motherboards, overheating CPUs, broken screens and hardware faults
- Wi-Fi & NBN Troubleshooting – modem setup, mesh network installs, dropout fixes and apartment wide coverage
- Virus & Malware Removal – stripping out infections, removing spyware and hardening your security
- Performance Upgrades – SSD replacements, RAM upgrades, PSU swaps and thermal paste jobs
- Data Recovery & Backups – pulling lost files off failing drives and setting up proper backup systems
- New Device Setup – computers, printers, smart TVs and home networks configured and ready to go
As an official Microsoft Partner carrying $20M public liability insurance, with over 600 five-star reviews on Google and ProductReview.com.au, our delighted Prahran customers recommend us to their friends, family and workmates without hesitation.
Don’t risk trying to fix your computer issues yourself.
Not only can we repair your computers in Prahran, we also service your neighbours in South Yarra, Windsor, St Kilda and Armadale.
Call us on 0484 357 559 and one of our computer technicians in Prahran will call you back quickly.
Recent Job – Slow iMac
A client on High Street contacted us after their iMac 27 inch 2019 had become painfully slow over the past few months. They were running a small photography business from home and relied on the machine heavily for editing in Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop. Render times had blown out to the point where the machine was barely usable for serious work. On top of that their Wi-Fi kept dropping out, particularly in the study and back bedroom of their apartment.
Our technician visited the same day and ran a full diagnostic on the iMac. Activity Monitor showed the machine was constantly maxing out its 8GB of RAM under Lightroom and spilling heavily into virtual memory on the original 1TB Fusion Drive. A Fusion Drive combines a small SSD cache with a spinning hard drive, and while they perform reasonably well when new they slow down significantly over time as the SSD cache fills up and the system falls back on the spinning drive for most operations. For a machine being used for heavy photo editing this was a serious bottleneck.
The 2019 iMac 27 inch is one of the last models Apple produced with user accessible RAM slots, which was good news. We upgraded the RAM from 8GB to 32GB using a Crucial 32GB DDR4 2666MHz kit. We chose Crucial specifically because they are one of the few RAM manufacturers that certify their kits against Apple's own compatibility list for that iMac model, which eliminates any risk of kernel panics or instability that can come from uncertified third party RAM. We also replaced the Fusion Drive with a Samsung 870 EVO 2TB SSD. We went with the 870 EVO over the cheaper 870 QVO because the EVO uses MLC NAND which delivers far more consistent sustained write performance under the kind of heavy read and write workloads that photo editing software generates. The QVO uses QLC NAND which performs well in short bursts but slows noticeably under sustained writes, not acceptable for a machine being used professionally every day. After both upgrades Lightroom opened in seconds and render times dropped dramatically. The client said it felt like a completely different machine.
