Edge Tech Repair

I am a student at UW, and my laptop broke two days before my final exams. Needless to say, awful timing, and I needed help quick. While other places promised me a diagnostic in a couple of days for a price of over $ 50, these guys promised to call me back that night or the next morning. Sure enough, they called me in the morning, I came in, and they found that the laptop was running perfectly fine again after running their diagnostic and rebooting it a few times.
I’m convinced any other place would’ve still charged me — after all, they did do their full diagnostic — but here, they told me I was good to go free of charge! I was pretty shocked, but clearly they’re here to be of service and not just to make the most money they can. Very fast, incredibly helpful, reliable. Don’t go anywhere else.

Roger is very friendly, efficient and very reasonably priced. I brought my PS3 in to have an unknown problem fixed and he turned it around in one day, called me when it was done and only charged $ 45. Edge Tech is top notch.

Not sure what else I can say about Edge Tech. They did another huge project for me involving custom wiring of a PS4 camera (newsflash: good luck extending the AUX cable if you have a projector) and charged me not nearly enough — I had to offer him more money than his quoted rate to leave without feeling terrible.
Roger does outstanding work and is an incredibly stand-​up guy. Small business owners should aspire to run their shop like he does. Professional, courteous, and above everything else, extremely proficient at his job.

Best customer service, Edge Tech is by appointment but they are incredibly easy to get a hold of and schedule, and are willing to meet at your earliest convenience. They also do diagnostics at no charge, which I think is rad. They are the perfect ‘mom-​and-​pop’ tech repair shop, even though it’s no mom or pop but young men who know a lot about computers! Their prices are as reasonable as it gets and they aren’t a big company out to grab your cash and put a band-​aid over your computer problems, I think they generally like what they do and are happy to be doing it for a living.

I called this shop looking to have my PS3 repaired. I had done a lot of research into my problem before calling them, and I felt very confident that I knew what the problem was. As far as I understood, it was a fairly simple repair that involved re-​soldering a few connections on the main board (the problem was a malfunctioning HDMI port). I had watched several YouTube tutorials, and while I understand that hardly makes me an expert in the area, the videos did focus on the exact problem I was having. If I had the equipment and the courage, I would have done it myself.
I spent the better half of a day calling the shop but no one answered the phone. When I was finally called back at 4 PM, the employee didn’t want to listen to my description of the problem. He was convinced I had a faulty pin on the port itself and that the board was not the issue. He insisted that I needed an entirely new HDMI port, which would be – according to him — very costly and time consuming. «You’ve got a bent pin and that can’t be fixed; you need a new port.» I tried to tell him that I was looking at the port as we spoke and that all the pins were perfectly fine, no bent pins in sight. I asked if he could re-​solder the faulty connections on the motherboard but he wouldn’t budge and kept trying to convince me that it was the port itself, and not the board.
I would have liked to spend my money in a small, local shop, but this employee completely soured my feelings on the matter. If they want to be stubborn and condescending, that’s fine, but I don’t have to spend my money in their shop.

Got the YLOD for the first time and got it fixed in about 2 hours here. About 3 weeks later, I got the YLOD again and was able to get a fix for free since I was under the 60 days store warranty. Now about 2 and a ½ months, I thought the PS3 was running like a champ again until tonight. This is the third time this PS3 got the YLOD, so this isn’t a permanent fix.
I’m giving this place a 3 stars for their cheap service which was $ 45 compared to Sony’s $ 150 repair service. It took about 1 – 2 hours to get the console back, but it’ll be nice if they give you a call once they’re done. They did keep my console running for a while, but it’s a bummer that it’s not a permanent fix. I do play my PS3 everyday a couple hours here, so if you’re like me looking for a permanent fix, this is not a place. If you want your PS3 to be alive again for a good few months, then this place could be for you.

Edge Tech stated they don’t perform reball services.
Friendly enough service tech but became concerned when they stated reballing doesn’t offer any advantages over a reflow repair. I had to inform them that oem sony ps3’s used a non leaded solder which is more brittle and sensitive to thermal expansion and contraction than the leaded solder products. Even with a reball service unless the thermal issues are addressed the ps3 can have reoccurring issues. I did my own service and replaced the thermal compound with MX4, higher spec thermal pads and a fan speed over ride. Now many months later not a single over heat issue.
However, due to the pool cooling design and oem solder, my ps3 is living on borrowed time until I can have it properly reballed.

We had issues with the fan running constantly on our PS3 (used primarily as a blu-​ray player) until finally the unit just stopped coming on (YLOD?) and we also had a disk stuck inside. I assumed overheating from 5 years of dust build-​up, after 5 years your warranty is pretty much toast but I didn’t have the right tool to open the unit myself for thorough cleaning. Nor did I trust I would get it back together correctly.
Found these guys on Unilocal,drove over and dropped it off. They offered to place a cooling thermal pad for an extra $ 25 and I went for it. Came back in an hour and the unit was ready to go. It’s been 3 weeks and the PS3 is working like a champ. No fan running, no issues. Very pleased, overall cost $ 73 but completely worth it. I’ll be taking in the Xbox for a cleaning soon too.

Wouldn’t give me a straight answer on the cost of a power board for my tv. They don’t charge repair by the hour. They charge by the part. But with the model number won’t tell me the price of replacing a power board? Sounds like a bunch of scammers. Buyer beware. They only charge $ 25 for diagnostic to bait you into some repairs that they can’t quote up front if you know what’s wrong!

Got the old YLOD (confusing as I never actually see a yellow light) a few months back. Took it in and 2hrs later had it back and all was well…
That is until last night. Turned it on and bam. BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP. Blinking red light again.
So, time to take it in again. Hopefully today.

Went here to fix the PS3 for the YLOD. Not only did they fix it in a hour, but they charged only 45 dollars! Was also surprised that they gave it back to us better then how we gave it to them (all torn apart and missing screws)
Will definitely recommend to anyone with a broken console!

Gave them my ps3 for the YLOD and they fixed it within 2 hours for $ 45. This was a few weeks ago and it’s still working today.

If these guys can fix a YLOD PS3 for $ 45 in under 2 hrs with a 60 day guarantee, why would u go anywhere else? The next best offer I got was $ 125 with a 3 day turn around.

This place really impressed me. I brought my Xbox in because the cd tray was jammed and wouldn’t open (The stuck tray scenario). They took it off my hands and immediately went to work. It was all back together with a new belt and drive faceplate within 45 min on a Saturday for $ 25. On a Saturday afternoon? Wow. Just a no bloat, friendly, quick, low cost business. Love it.

Epic service here. I tried to have some dude off eBay fix my ps3’s YLOD, took him a couple weeks and it was a botched job. I then took it to Edge Tech Repair, who I saw on Unilocal,and they were working on it before I walked out the door! It took them roughly over an hour to complete the job. The price was great at $ 45, couldn’t ask for better. They were chill and super quick. Best of all, they gave me a 60 day warranty.
My PS3 is working flawlessly. I’d highly recommend this business to anyone needing a repair/​revival of your console!

Amazing service. Fixed YLOD 2006 fat PS3 in one afternoon for $ 45 cash. System has been on overnight doing a backup, no issues. Plays games flawlessly. They cleaned it out so now it is whisper quiet. My hard drive data is still intact.
Now I can deactivate, transfer data, and sell my old PS2 compatible PS3!
This company doesn’t cost you money, it MAKES you money and brightens your day! Kristin was top notch.
Plus they have a 60 day transferrable warranty. Don’t even bother looking anywhere else to repair your YLOD. Some other local repair shop wanted $ 125 for the same fix, taking days instead of hours. HA!

These dudes are chill.
PS3 get the yellow light of death? Xbox get the red light of death? Computer get the blue light of death?
They are the necromancers of the tech world. They bring your console back to life.
since I haven’t gone anywhere else, I cannot compare the price. But around $ 45 to get it fixed was perfectly fine with me.
To make it even better they are just a bunch of friends running a shop. Why wouldn’t you support this lovely little local business?

Awesome business!
Long story short, my PS3 suffered from YOLD and was useless. Sony wanted $ 107 to fix it. Edge Tech fixed it for $ 47. Last time I sent my PS3 to Sony it was about a 5 or 6 week turnaround time before I got my console back. Edge Tech had if fixed in less than 2 hours. I was also able to cash in a Unilocal check in offer for a free blu ray drive cleaning… added bonus!
Hopefully I won’t need my PS3 fixed again any time soon but for all such future needs I’ll be going to Edge Tech and I’d recommend them to anyone.

Simple, fast, and a straightforward commitment to doing the job right.
I dropped of an xbox 360 that had been lying dormant for almost a year, and had it back and running in two hours. After looking up all that’s involved with doing this repair on my own, I was more than happy to pay $ 45 to put it in another’s hands.

My PS3 got the dreaded yellow light of death. I called up Edge Tech and explained what was going on. They said the repair shouldn’t take more than 2hrs and low and behold after that it was up and running.
They are fast and do good work. I would recommend them to anyone.