Students · Ottawa
Student laptop repair and tech support in Ottawa
Your laptop broke during midterms and you need it back, not a lecture about backups. We are on Rideau Street, minutes from uOttawa and a short ride from Carleton and Algonquin.
428 Rideau Street, Ottawa — approximately 16 years serving the National Capital Region
Sound familiar?
- A cracked screen two days before a deadline.
- A battery that no longer survives a lecture.
- A spill on the keyboard.
- A machine too slow to run what your program requires.
- An essay that seems to have vanished.
Built for a student timeline
We tell you honestly whether it can be back before your deadline, and if it cannot, we say so before you pay anything.
- Screen, battery, keyboard and charging-port repair
- Liquid damage assessment
- Storage upgrades so your machine keeps up with your program
- Virus removal and performance clean-up
- Recovery attempts for assignments on a failing drive
- Help setting up a backup so it does not happen again
Walk in from campus
428 Rideau Street is a short walk from uOttawa and directly on transit from Carleton and Algonquin. Bring the laptop and the charger.
Straight pricing
Diagnosis is $49 and comes off the repair if you go ahead. You approve a written quote before anything is ordered.
From the repair bench
Real work. Carefully done.
Diagnostics, component work and upgrades at our Rideau Street shop.
What changes
Told the truth about timing
An honest estimate, not an optimistic one.
Assignments first
Data preservation is the default on every job.
No surprise cost
Written quote before a part is ordered.
What it costs
Diagnosis $49, credited toward the repair. Common student laptop repairs start from $149.
See full pricingCommon questions
- How close are you to uOttawa?
- 428 Rideau Street is a short walk from the uOttawa campus, and on direct transit from Carleton and Algonquin.
- Can you get my laptop back before my exam?
- Sometimes. We tell you honestly after diagnosis rather than promising a date we cannot control. Parts availability is usually the deciding factor.
- Can you recover my assignment from a dead laptop?
- Often, yes. Bring it in as soon as possible and stop using the drive.
- Is there a student discount?
- Ask when you book. We will always tell you the cheapest sensible option for the machine in front of us.
Free pickup
Can't get across town between classes?
We pick it up from your residence or apartment, repair it, and bring it back. Free across Ottawa.