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[franky32]

I am an experienced IT repair technician with 1 year work experience in extensive laptop, desktop, electronic repairs, looking for a job in Nicosia.
I have experience in diagnosing hard to determine defects in electronic equipments, software troubleshooting, security system install, configuration and maintenance, basic programming skills (C++, PHP, HTML, ASM, mainly microcontroller programming).
You can contact me on my e-mail address: [email protected] or tel: 97655958

[franky32]

Are there any chances in Nicosia to find a job in IT?
Or is it better if i just turn to moving to Limassol?

[CBBB]

Looking for this type of job you need at least a BSc and preferably an MSc.

[Sotos]

Looking for this type of job you need at least a BSc and preferably an MSc.

You don't need degrees to be a repair technician. He is probably talking about working in a computer shop to build PCs from parts, upgrade PCs, install software and basic troubleshooting. 1 year experience is very limited though... you can't call yourself "experienced" with just 1 year. But you can still get a job at a computer shop for a close to minimum salary. Nicosia or Limassol will not make much difference.

[franky32]

I already have a BsC in telecommunications.
And the 1 year experience is like i said... work experience, besides that there are the things i learned on my own.
And in that year i have repaired laptops, desktops, video cards, cnc mills, phones, plotters... the basics are... if its electronic, maybe it can be fixed
And i am not talking about building computers, upgrades, software installs... i am talking about mainboard laptop, desktop repairs (video problems, starting problems, power supply problems...).
And why wouldn't 1 year be enough experience? In 1 year you can do more than enough to know how to fix a lot of defects (even if you start with basically with no knowledge).
So if what i know is worth a minimum salary... then maybe the technicians already working in Nicosia (the ones i heard of and the ones i have seen... not all of them) should get way under the minimum

Thanks for the replies tho...

[Sotos]

The repairs you are talking about are always done by replacing a faulty part with a working part, unless the problem is due to software and not hardware. So I doubt you can actually repair a video card if the video card has a hardware problem. The most you can do is replace that video card with another. The same goes with all other parts. Doing such things is not difficult and you don't need any degrees and it is not a job that is highly paid if you don't have much experience. A lot of experience means that you can do this job a lot faster and this is what can get you a higher salary.

[franky32]

If a video card is faulty... there are a few things that can go wrong with it...
Either the power section of the board has a mos that is not working in parameters, and you change that or whatever part you find faulty.
If on the screen of your computer you get characters that shouldn't be there, or the image is distorted, or the image shows up doubled... then the problem is the video processor, that means that the chip got too hot and over time the bga balls, that make the contact between the chip and the board, cracked and it created an imperfect contact, leading to faulty functioning of the entire video card...
So... if a video card for example has a problem... it can be fixed the bga balls can be resoldered or replaced, the power components that are damaged can be identified and replaced... so if you have a 300 euro video card... and you can fix it for 100 lets say or even 50, would you change the video card with a new one? or fix it...
And by the way if any electronic equipment is fixed correctly, the same problem wont reaper very soon

Hope i made my point... not everything that is broken needs to be changed... i have fixed video cards from desktops, i have fixed laptops with video problems...
I have heard of people with laptops being told that if they have a problem with a video chip there's nothing to be done but change the motherboard entirely... because even if they try to fix the problem it more than surely will reaper... that will happen if it's not fixed properly...

[CBBB]

That is how they fixed computers 25 years ago, with the cost of hardware as it is now, you just change the board, the labour is too expensive to fix them!

[franky32]

actually, like i said in the last message... if you have a laptop for example and the board breaks... the northbridge colapses for example what are you going to do? pay 400 euro for a "new" board? or just fix the board and pay 100 maybe. so a good profit comes out of that 100 euro i get paid to fix a mainboard... instead of making 20, 30 euro from selling a second hand board from another laptop so the labour is more than worth it... imo.
And 25 years ago... if i am not mistaken bga wasnt even invented
The fixes you say were done 25 years ago... well they are still being used today... until last month i have done the same fixes, used the same methods that you say that are not used anymore.

[CBBB]

I wasn't talking about the same components, but the methodology. I have seen people sitting with oscilloscopes for hours diagnosing printer controllers the size of a large laptop that probably cost a couple of thousand dollars, then it was worth it, now it is cheaper and easier in 99% of cases to change the board.