Joe Blow Posted August 12, 2000 Share Posted August 12, 2000 As I sit here typing I am on hold with HP. Why? To complain and try to return a pc that I bought new 30 days ago. Why? Because it is an Athlon 900 Mhz box that only has a 185w power supply. So? AMD only recommends a 250w power supply at a minimum and really likes the 300w power supplies for the exttra draw their 200 mhz bus and Athlon chips produce. The savings to HP for undercutting the power supply probably worked out to 10-15 cents a unit. I knew that Acer, Packerd Bells of the world were low rent but not dear ol' HP! Well I have been told that this is my problem by HP. I have a non-upgradeable computer. Lesson here, and reason for the post, is for all you guys to avoid the Pavillion line of PC's. I wondered why they didn't post their power supply specs on their web site....now I know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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