Hardware repair courses/study?

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Hi guys!

Do any of you know where you can go study/learn how to repair faulty computer hardware? Is there a course or something similar?

Thanks in advance! :)
 
CrzWaco said:
Please tell me your joking?
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Helpful. What would you suggest CrzWaco?

A+, while very basic is a good founding for a basis in hardware troubleshooting. There are not that many other options in this field. There are some vendor specific courses like HP Certified Professional but they are more specific. Most "PC Engineer" courses at colleges these days start with A+.
The alternatives are going into full on Engineering Diplomas or degrees.

IMO there is nothing wrong with A+ as a starting point for getting into computer hardware support
 
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ramar said:
Helpful. What would you suggest CrzWaco?

A+, while very basic is a good founding for a basis in hardware troubleshooting. There are not that many other options in this field. There are some vendor specific courses like HP Certified Professional but they are more specific. Most "PC Engineer" courses at colleges these days start with A+.
The alternatives are going into full on Engineering Diplomas or degrees.

IMO there is nothing wrong with A+ as a starting point for getting into computer hardware support
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Wait wait so he wants to do the troubleshooting and not the repair part. yeah then A+ are okay I guess.
-<Blatz_ztalB>- come tell us more what you want to do.
 
There is (almost) no way you can learn to repair Computer hardware (save for the tricks and workarounds), Unless if you get some sort of Electrical Degree, do a Masters (maybe even a doctorate), Buy loads of Expensive equipment, and have tons of cash. Electronics is way too complicated, even for a Graduate. Sad, but true.

The best you can do with the courses mentioned by others above (Comptia, or whateva that is), is figure out what's broken, and if it can be replaced.
 
Except for the main power supply and maybe the display (also limited to the power supply mostly) most pc components are considered to be consumables and non-repairable. Even if you have the knowledge (Electronics degree etc) and equipment to do repairs, you still need the design and specification details to affect real repairs. And some of the electronic components are proprietary to the manufacturer and you can only get it from them at a premium designed to discourage non-affiliated parties to repair their products. Lastly the cost of repairs in terms of time is often prohibitive compared to the replacement price of the component. And if they fail within the warranty period (at which time it is the supplier's problem) you can't repair it without voiding your warranty and by the time your warranty has lapsed, the technology is fast approaching antiquity. :twisted::D

HDD is probably the exception wrt data recovery but the purpose is not to repair and the cost is determined by the value of the data - not the hdd.
 
Thanks for the responses guys!

I wanted to learn as I'm running my own business soon, so if something is faulty I don't want to be ripped off by either the supplier or my customers should something be broken. But yeah it seems the best way to "repair" something is to replace it :P
 
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