Doug Beman Posted August 11, 2000 Share Posted August 11, 2000 Although I don't know for how long. I received my new computer today, but it has a disturbingly long list of faults: ) the first few times I started it up it repeated the RAM count until I hit ESC. Now it skips the RAM count altogether ) the POST reports the CPU as a 700 Duron--I paid for a Tbird ) my brother in law had to mess with it for almost 15 minutes to get it to boot up completely, and it takes over a minute to go from power-off to fully ready ) I have a motherboard with ATA100 and an ATA100 drive, but when I start it up it goes to a screen saying "ATA100 BIOS not loaded because no ATA100 drive attached." ) there was no Network Neighborhood installed out-of-box; it only appeared after successful installation of my NIC. Every other computer I've ever seen has NetNeighbor regardless of internet connection capability ) I installed Diablo2 successfully, but the game absolutely refuses to start. The CD spins for 5 seconds, and the hourglass icon shows for 10, but then nothing at all. If I ctl/alt/del the TaskManager shows Diablo2 is running, but it is most certainly not. I'm going to find one of those utilities that IDs CPU types and check that out. If the CPU is, indeed, a Duron, I'm going to call the mfr rep and tear off his head. Regardless, I'm going to call him and have some words. This is NOT my concept of "initial quality." DjB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Beman Posted August 11, 2000 Author Share Posted August 11, 2000 I don't ****ing believe this. They put a Duron in my system, even though the quote I ordered specifically stated "Thunderbird." Oh man I am going to rip the manufacturer's rep a new asshole. Un****ingbelievable. DjB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OberGrupenStompinFeuhrer! Posted August 11, 2000 Share Posted August 11, 2000 Ouch Doug! Not good news, I hope it all gets better quickly. I am on the verge of buying an AMD 850 Thunderbird PC with 256MB RAM (so I can play All or Nothing without whiteouts, I also have a new video card), and I am seriously considering getting this from a vendor online. Would you mind telling who your vendor is / was? If a public forum is not appropriate, please emal me via my profile. Cheers, OGSF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mace Posted August 11, 2000 Share Posted August 11, 2000 A large object (the PC) being shoved up a very small hole (the salesperson)? That's going to makes his eyes water! Mace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFCElvis Posted August 11, 2000 Share Posted August 11, 2000 Who sold it to ya Doug? You can tell us. And what is the utility you spoke of and how can I get it? ------------------ "To conquer death you only have to die" JC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goanna Posted August 11, 2000 Share Posted August 11, 2000 Naw don't do it. Ah, c'mon ya wuss. OK, but it'll start a flame war. Hey Doug. You could always go get that Mac. ... and then send me a set-up and lets hook up on IM for some gore laden turns. ------------------ desert rat wannabe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howardb Posted August 11, 2000 Share Posted August 11, 2000 I'm thinking of buying an AMD 999 lightning wolf myself (where do they get these flashy names anyway?). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Germanboy Posted August 11, 2000 Share Posted August 11, 2000 <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Goanna: Hey Doug. You could always go get that Mac. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> You know, that was exactly my reaction about 1/3 through the first sentence of his post. ------------------ Andreas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cward Posted August 11, 2000 Share Posted August 11, 2000 <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Goanna: Hey Doug. You could always go get that Mac. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> If you do go for that "NEW" mac Just make sure you have a working smoke alarm and a fire extinguisher nearby.. http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20000723&mode=classic CW [This message has been edited by cward (edited 08-11-2000).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Beman Posted August 11, 2000 Author Share Posted August 11, 2000 The vendor is a white-box PC builder called Uptime; my company has an account with them. The program I used to ID the CPU is called CHKCPU. I d/l'd it from http://web.inter.nl.net/hcc/J.Steunebrink/chkcpu.htm DjB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Beman Posted August 11, 2000 Author Share Posted August 11, 2000 I'm going to talk with our Director of Inside Sales (my boss, but she's more like mom-away-from-home) to see if my company will put its weight behind prosecuting errors on internal orders just as strongly as errors for actual customers. I'm pretty sure she'll answer yes. We're the #2 software reseller and #4 hardware reseller out there; we'll hit the Big B$ in sales in November. Screwing with us is a bad idea. DjB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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