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Effective 05/23/2014 

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Background

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Knox College ITS / Help Desk is not in a position to offer hardware repairs for personally owned equipment - especially equipment owned by students. Hardware .  Hardware repairs will be referred to off-campus vendors.

Similarly, virus and malware removal, if not rectified by as System Restore or by running Sophos and / or running  Malwarebytes scans should will be referred to off-campus vendors.  

ITS and Help Desk staff will NOT recommend a specific vendor.  We will provide a list of local vendors from which the student may choose. 

Hardware Issues- 

  1. Confirm the warranty status.  
    1. Assist student in determining if the the machine is under warranty. 
    2. Use manufacturer's support web site to enter in the serial number or service tag number.
  2. Offer backup service for class related data
    1. Our Hardware Tech may be able to backup the user's data.
    2. We will NOT backup personal music, photos, and video.  (The end-user should have download privileges for properly purchased materials.)
  3. Should the machine in question be under warranty, refer the student to the manufacturer for repairs.
  4. If the machine in question is not under warranty, provide the list of local vendors to the student.  (The list is to be stored in the Help Desk file drawer.)

Malware / Virus Issues -

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  1. Our Hardware Tech may be able to backup the user's data.
  2. We will NOT backup personal music, photos, and video.  (The end-user should have download privileges for properly purchased materials.)

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Local Vendor List

Vendor NameGalesburg AddressPhone Number
Absolute Computers825 N. Henderson(309) 343-0215
Office Specialists143 E. Ferris(309) 342-7711
Merlin Company1229 Willow Ln(309) 368-1773

Authorized Apple Repair

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Local authorized Apple Repair service is no longer available in Galesburg.  

The closest Authorized Repair Agents are:

  • Best Buy in Peoria:  5001 N Big Hollow Rd, Peoria, IL 61615
  • Best Buy in Davenport: 5153 Elmore Avenue, Davenport, IA 52807

As always: Apple Depot Service:  https://support.apple.com/repair