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Posted: 7/15/2003 6:57:52 AM EDT
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No. 1 - BestBuy has a better track record at repairing computers than Comp USA.
No. 2 - We have some of the best folks for computers right here in the DFW Crew! Energizer? Anyone? Eric The(Quizzical)Hun 
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Posted: 7/15/2003 8:35:14 AM EDT
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Jarhead, I'm not a certified 'puter technician (I'm certifiable, but that's a different thread) so I'm not holding myself out as a professional, but I've built a few systems and I know my way around a motherboard.
I'd be happy to come by and take a look. My rates are reasonable: all the Dr. Pepper I can drink and unrestricted bathroom breaks. IM me if you'd like to get together. |
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Posted: 7/16/2003 10:28:50 AM EDT
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what happened? does it not boot up? Driver problem? Power supply? Lightning? no clue?
Fry's Electronics has plenty of spare parts... Worse-case, it could be a fried motherboard or crashed hard disk. If so, they are cheap to replace. Sometimes its cheaper to get a whole new computer... depending on what you have in yours now. Do you have any data on the drive you need to recover? If so, I think FALARAK has some recovery tools, assuming the dive is semi-functional. |
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Posted: 7/16/2003 10:30:19 AM EDT
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Whatever you do, DO NOT PAY for someone (i.e. CompUSA a**holes) to look at it. Its not worth it.
I can explain the CompUSA thing later... they screwed me bad... |
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Posted: 7/16/2003 11:40:15 AM EDT
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From talking to Jarhead it sounds like his HD crashed. If Fry's has a replacement (I aimed him there) he should be up and running soon.
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Posted: 7/17/2003 12:18:23 PM EDT
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El_Roto, you da man!
It looks like it was indeed my HD that was causing my problem. I swapped in a new 30GB drive that I got from Fry's, booted up from the CD drive and loaded up XP again, and here I am, back online! Thanks, dude. Beer's on me, next time. 
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Posted: 7/17/2003 7:24:24 PM EDT
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Whooo Hooo!!!
I've been sweatin' bullets waiting to see you back up 'n runnin'. I'm glad it worked out. Hell, I'm down-right ecstatic! |
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