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Union Computers

We are a friendly on-campus computer and laptop repair service offering free advice and low cost repairs.

Union Computers is run by a team of fully-trained student volunteers and we're always looking for new volunteers.

We're in Falmer House and are open 12 - 4pm Tuesday to Friday during term-time.

 

 

Current customers: Use the Helpdesk to find out your repair status.

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► Prices

Basic Services*
Advice (any and every topic welcome!) - FREE
Initial diagnosis - FREE
Warranty Check & Send - FREE
Health Check (Speed up a slow machine) - £5.00

Hardware

If your computer is fairly new, it’s likely the manufacturer will replace the faulty parts for free. If this is the case, we can contact the manufacturer on your behalf and get your equipment sent off.

Laptop ugrades/repairs
Motherboard - £30.00

WiFi card - £5.00

Screen - £25.00

Keyboard - £8.50

RAM - £2.50

Hard drive - £5.00

 

Desktop
Service - Minimum £10.00

 

Software
Windows & OS X Clean Install - £5.00
Windows & OS X Re-Install - £5.00 (Your recovery discs/serial number are required for this. Only offical copies are allowed]
Virus, Malware/Spyware Repairs - from £8.00**

 

Data Backup and Recovery

Important documents on your machine? Don't risk losing them! We can backup your data for you onto an external hard drive - you can provide one or we can purchase one with your permission. In the event of a computer crash or breakdown we can attempt recovery of your data. Prices are based on the amount of data backed up/recovered.

Backup
Up to 100GB - £16.00
Up to 200GB - £28.00
Over 250GB - £48.00
 

Recovery
Up to 4.7GB - £10.00
Over 4.7GB and up to 100GB - 20.00
Up to 250GB - £30.00
Over 250GB - £50.00

 

*No Fix, No Fee!

**Price depends on severity of infection


Union Computers services are available to students and staff from University of Sussex, University of Brighton and BSMS. Staff members will be charged more but the price quoted is guaranteed to be less than a typical highstreet price!