The Gang of Five

Beyond the Mysterious Beyond => The Party Room => Topic started by: Petrie on March 12, 2005, 11:27:07 PM

Title: Yep yep yep, it's bad....
Post by: Petrie on March 12, 2005, 11:27:07 PM

Anyone who had read my suggestion for a new challenging game in "Brain Food" read that I said I was having trouble with my laptop and the sound.  Well, it didn't take long but I honestly couldn't get anything to make any sound, and I even had my dad look it over.  We came to the conclusion, it's definitely terminal, and likely a chip on the motherboard puckered out. :(  So I have no sound at all.

This is the bad part....I have to send it back to Dell for them to fix it.  :cry2  :cry2   I don't want to but they don't give me much of a choice.  At least this is under warranty (barely) so I don't have to shell out hundreds of dollars for a new motherboard.  I will still be able to access computers on campus but I'll be most likely be doing work on them instead of recreation so it could be a good two weeks starting with March 21 that I may be gone.

Thank god for computer warranties.....

Title: Yep yep yep, it's bad....
Post by: Threehorn on March 13, 2005, 03:51:37 AM

Yes it is good to hear your able to get it fixed. A shame for that laptop to play up like that. annoying it is I know. I had to reset my Laptop from the beginning because of one stupid adware that I couldn't get rid off.

-Threehorn

Title: Yep yep yep, it's bad....
Post by: Petrie on March 13, 2005, 10:33:38 PM

Well spyware isn't anywhere close to the same problem as a hardware issue.  I could take care of a spyware problem in ten minutes...I can't fix a hardware problem. ;)

http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/bo...ssage.id=139712 (http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=insp_general&message.id=139712)

Of course this wasn't here a year ago when I purchased my laptop but this model is apparently notorious for overheating because Dell didn't design the system right.  :blink:  Guess I'm lucky in the fact it lasted a year without trouble compared to some that had problems after three months.  I don't think I want to be replacing motherboards every three months.

Title: Yep yep yep, it's bad....
Post by: Threehorn on March 14, 2005, 06:15:00 AM

I won't want to do that as well. My laptop is Compaq. Presario R3000 I think

Had it for a while now and the only problem I ever had was adware that was causing havoc with my systems ending up having to restart my computer from the very beginning of it's life. But since that about 2 or 3 months back it been working great.

-Threehorn

Title: Yep yep yep, it's bad....
Post by: Nick22 on March 14, 2005, 03:27:08 PM

Boy That sucks Arvens :angry: I'll still be here when you get back.
Nick

Title: Yep yep yep, it's bad....
Post by: Threehorn on March 23, 2005, 10:19:38 AM

good luck getting fixed. Hope to see you back sooon

-Threehorn