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Acer repair in Airdrie

CompuTech repairs Acer laptops and Chromebooks in Airdrie with in-home visits from Calgary. Student Chromebooks with cracked screens are a regular Airdrie call, and we'll do the maths with you on whether the repair beats replacing it.

5.0 · 758 reviewsNo fix, no fee
303 Wentworth Row SWCalgary, ABGet directions
Laptop opened on the workbench with the keyboard removed during a repair
Same-day slots · call before noon
Acer lines we work on:
Aspire
Swift
Nitro
Predator
Spin
Chromebook
MoOwner and technician.Answers the phone, does the work. Since 2015.
5.0 · 758 reviewsAbout CompuTech
  • Free diagnosis with any repair
  • One flat quote before any work
  • No fix, no repair fee
  • Most repairs done same day
Hours, address and more about CompuTech
Hours
DayShopIn-home
Mon10:00 AM – 6:00 PM10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Tue10:00 AM – 6:00 PM10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Wed10:00 AM – 6:00 PM10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Thu10:00 AM – 6:00 PM10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Fri10:00 AM – 6:00 PM10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Sat10:00 AM – 6:00 PM10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Sun10:00 AM – 6:00 PMDrop-off only
Getting here
  • 303 Wentworth Row SW, Calgary, AB. Walk-ins welcome. Get directions →
  • In-home visits booked by phone or online. Call before noon for same day.
  • 403-333-3114
Hours
CompuTech's shop at 303 Wentworth Row SW, Calgary, AB is open Mon–Sun 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM, walk-ins welcome. In-home visits across Calgary run Monday to Saturday, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM; Sunday is drop-off only.
The shop
CompuTech's shop is at 303 Wentworth Row SW, Calgary, AB. Walk in to drop a machine off, no appointment needed. Call CompuTech on 403-333-3114.
Booking
In-home visits from CompuTech across Calgary are booked by phone or through the site; calling before noon gives the best chance of a same-day slot.
Pricing
Every CompuTech repair in Calgary starts with a free diagnosis and one flat quote before any work. If it can't be fixed, there is no repair fee.
Turnaround
Most CompuTech repairs in Calgary are finished the same day. Calling before noon gives the best chance of a same-day slot.
Who turns up
CompuTech is one technician who answers his own phone and does the work himself, fixing Calgary's laptops, networks and smart homes since 2015, over 5,000 repairs. CompuTech is rated 5.0 out of 5 across 758 reviews.
Machines
CompuTech repairs Windows and Mac laptops and desktops in Calgary, and rescues photos and files from phones and tablets that won't start.
Customers
CompuTech works with homes and small businesses in Calgary. Business IT is month to month with no lock-in contract.
Not offered
CompuTech is not a phone repair shop, and sends a machine still under manufacturer warranty back to Apple, Dell or Microsoft when that is the better deal for the customer.
Service area
CompuTech comes to homes and offices across Calgary and Airdrie, Chestermere, Cochrane and Okotoks. Strathmore, High River, Langdon, De Winton, Rocky View County, Crossfield and Diamond Valley are covered by arrangement.
Facts reviewed
Reviewed September 2026. Hours change on the day they change; call 403-333-3114 to confirm before a long drive.
Common Acer faults

What we see most on Acer machines

HINGE
Lid corner cracking open
Aspire hinge mount. Cheaper before the cable goes.
THERMAL
Nitro shutting off under load
Dust and dried paste, not a dead graphics chip.
SCREEN
Cracked Chromebook screen
Repairable. Whether it's worth it's a fair question.
STORAGE
Painfully slow, always has been
Soldered eMMC storage. No upgrade fixes it.
BATTERY
Battery flat by lunchtime
Tested before anything is replaced.
POWER
Won't power on
Power, board or drive, diagnosed at no charge.

We'll tell you when a repair costs more than the machine is worth. That happens here.

How it works here

We drive to Airdrie, not the other way round

Airdrie is on the in-home list, which means a visit is booked the same way a Calgary one is. You pick a window, we turn up with the tools, and the machine never leaves your desk unless it needs the bench. Most of what we see in Airdrie gets sorted in that one visit.

The drive is the easy part. North on Stoney or Deerfoot, up the QEII, and you're in town. That matters more than it sounds: a shop that treats Airdrie as out of area will quote you a trip charge or ask you to drive to them. We would rather come to you and keep the day simple.

The parts of town we work in

Newer builds out on the edges, Bayside, Windsong, Kings Heights, Ravenswood and Cooper's Crossing, are where most of the Wi-Fi work comes from. Big footprints, a router parked wherever the installer found the cable, and a home office at the far corner of the house. The older core around Big Springs and Luxstone is a different job again, usually machines that have been running fine for eight years and have finally slowed to a crawl.

If it's easier to drop the machine off, the shop at 303 Wentworth Row SW is open seven days. Plenty of Airdrie customers hand it over on the way through Calgary and pick it up later in the week.

The pattern

Where Acers give up, and how soon

Aspire hinges and the plastics around them

Where Acers give up, from what CompuTech sees in Calgary. The Aspire range is built to a price, and the first place that shows is the hinge mount. It anchors into plastic, the plastic fatigues, and one day the corner of the lid starts lifting away from the base when you open it. From there the display cable is at risk and the repair gets more expensive.

If your Aspire has started making a cracking noise when it opens, or the bezel no longer sits flush, get it seen while it's still a hinge repair.

Nitro and Predator: heat, dust and shutdowns

Acer's gaming lines suffer the same way every gaming laptop does. Two or three years of dust in the fins, paste past its best, and a machine that throttles hard and then starts cutting out under load. It presents like a dying graphics chip and it usually isn't.

Chromebooks, and being honest about them

Acer is one of the biggest Chromebook makers, and a lot of them belong to students. They get dropped, sat on, and closed on pencils. Cracked screens, broken hinges and damaged keyboards are the standard three.

All three are repairable. Whether they're worth repairing is a real question, because a Chromebook can be inexpensive enough that a screen replacement approaches the cost of another one. We'll do the maths with you rather than quietly quoting the repair.

Storage that can't be upgraded

The cheapest Aspire, Swift and Chromebook models often use onboard eMMC storage soldered to the board instead of a proper drive. It's slow, and it stays slow, because there's nothing to replace. If yours is one of those and it has become painful to use, an upgrade won't rescue it and we'll say so instead of taking the money.

Serviceability

Where Acer builds to a price, and where it doesn't

Mid and upper Acer models are conventional and repair well. Screens come as bare panels on most non-touch machines, storage is standard M.2, and there's usually a memory socket. The cooling on the gaming range is designed to be opened, which is what it needs.

PartOn this brand
ScreensBare panel on most Aspire and Nitro models, bonded assembly on Spin and touch models
StorageUpgradeable across mid and upper models, soldered eMMC on the cheapest ones
MemoryUsually one socket on mid-range, soldered on thin Swift and budget models
CoolingFully serviceable on Nitro and Predator, and the fix for most gaming complaints
BatteriesInternal and replaceable, tested before we recommend one
HingesRepairable when caught before the cable is damaged
What CompuTech can and can't change on a Acer, by part.
Straight answer

Where an Acer stops being worth the money

CompuTech's straight answer on where an Acer stops being worth the money. A Nitro or Predator that has started shutting down is nearly always worth servicing. Cleaning and repasting a gaming laptop is the best value repair in this entire trade.

A mid-range Aspire with a good screen and a failing drive is worth an SSD, and the difference is dramatic. A budget Aspire on eMMC that has become unusable isn't, and we would rather tell you that on the phone than after you've paid for a diagnosis somewhere else.

Chromebooks: fix a hinge, think hard about a screen, and ask us for the numbers before deciding. We have talked plenty of people out of repairs on these and we'll do it again.

How our pricing works

No surprises. Ever.

You get a clear, flat-rate quote before any work begins. If we can't fix it, you don't pay the repair fee. Simple as that.

Every job is different, so we look first and quote you directly. No surprises, and nothing happens until you've said go.

Every repair includes
A free diagnosis, every time
A flat quote before any work starts
No fix, no fee
How it works

Three steps to a working Acer

1
Tell us the model
The full model number off the base, so we can check storage type.
2
Free diagnosis
Including whether repairing it makes financial sense at all.
3
Repaired and tested
Checked properly before it goes back, data intact.
Rated 5.0 / 5 · 758 reviews

Great experience for us! We needed an old laptop repaired and we received a quick estimate and reasonable price! We are very satisfied.

Kevin McGuigan · Google review

I want to highly recommend Mohammed. Once I contacted due to laptop issues he was pretty much on my doorstep to get my laptop back in action. There were quite a few issues with the laptop but he stayed to the bitter end to get it fully functional.

norm · Google review

While many big chain computer repair shops charge absurd prices to run simple diagnostic tests and leave you without your computer for several days, Computech's services are affordably priced and the turnaround time is outstanding. Mohammed takes great pride in his work and in building relationships with his customers- this is uncommon to see in most businesses today.

Christian Guyette · Google review

Questions, answered

We come to you. Airdrie is on the in-home list, so it's booked exactly like a Calgary visit. Driving down to the shop is an option if you prefer, not a requirement.

You get one flat quote that covers the job, given before any work starts. Nothing gets added afterwards for the drive.

Often the same day if you call in the morning. Call before noon for the best chance of a slot, because the day fills from the top.

All of it. Bayside, Windsong, Kings Heights, Cooper's Crossing, Ravenswood, Sagewood, Luxstone, Big Springs, Midtown and the acreages around the edges.

Monday to Saturday for in-home. Sunday the shop is open but Mo isn't out on the road, so Sunday jobs are drop-off.

Aspire, Swift, Nitro, Predator, Spin, TravelMate, Chromebook and Acer desktops. The model number on the base tells us what is upgradeable.

Yes, and worth doing sooner. Once the lid lifts it starts pulling on the display cable, which turns a hinge repair into a screen repair.

Usually not. It's nearly always heat protection kicking in because the fins are packed with dust and the paste has dried out. A clean and repaste fixes most of them.

Sometimes, sometimes not, and you deserve the maths, not a quote. Chromebooks are cheap enough that a screen can approach the cost of replacing the whole thing. We'll tell you which side yours falls on.

If it has a normal drive, yes, and dramatically. If it has soldered eMMC storage, which the cheapest models do, then no, and no upgrade will change that. We check first and give you the real answer.

Give us the model number and we'll tell you in a minute. It's usually the models with 64 or 128 gigabytes of storage at the budget end.

Mid-range models usually have a socket. Thin Swift models and budget machines are often soldered. We confirm against your model before you buy anything.

Yes. Most non-touch Aspire and Nitro models take a bare panel matched by part number. Spin and touch models are a bonded assembly, which is a different part.

Power supply, charging circuit, battery or board. The diagnosis is free, so you find out which before deciding whether to go ahead.

Most are same-day. Cleaning and repasting a gaming machine is typically a same-day bench job. Ordered parts get a real timeline with the quote.

Yes, in-home across Calgary and the nearby towns, or drop it at 303 Wentworth Row SW, open seven days.

Yes. We back up before anything risky and moving data across is part of a drive upgrade.

One flat quote after a free look, before any work starts, and no repair fee if we can't fix it.

Depends where it sat in the range. A decent mid-range one with a good screen usually yes. A budget one needing several repairs at once usually not, and we'll say so.

Yes. Drives, memory, power supplies, cooling and machines that won't start.

Got an Acer that needs looking at?

Book a visit to Airdrie, or call.