| Uh oh....help? [message #59568] |
Sun, 28 December 2003 17:27  |
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DBB
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K so last night around 4:30 my laptop wakes me up by making a screetching/mumlbed sounding noise. I was far to sick to actually realize what was going on and quickly fell back asleep. This morning I wake up try to turn it on and nothing. I turn it off and whatnot and still nothing. Finally it comes back on and im on it for about 10 minutes when this blue screen comes up saying something bout an IRQ_L error or whatnot, whatever I got this a few times. Turned it off. Nothing.Nothing again. Repeat this 10 times. Finally I got it started one more time and it froze 2 minutes in. I havent been able to get it back on since. It goes past the Compaq loading screen then sometimes it says "Disk Read Error". Other times it just goes to a black screen and restarts. Nothing works anymore, and its just stuck on the Compaq screen. I called Tech Support and went down to Circuit City where I bought it, they said they cannot fix it with my warrenty (full service coverage till 2005 and they cant cover it?) So im just going down again and not leaving till I get store credit or at least sent to be repaired. Tech support over at Compaq is stumped by it. They say it sounds like a hard drive problem but they dont think it is, since you can hear the hard drive spinning sometimes when it doesn't work. You all are smart, what should I do? Ahhh thanks! BTW Im on my other computer 
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| Uh oh....help? [message #59569] |
Sun, 28 December 2003 17:30  |
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SuperFlyingEngi
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If you have a full coverage warranty, you better be able to get somewhere...Or maybe they're going to try to make you do something stupid like send it to the big service center in the middle of Malaysia and have to wait 14-35 weeks for it to be repaired....just try and get store credit...its probably the fastest way
"To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." -- Theodore Roosevelt (1918)
"The danger to political dissent is acute where the Government attempts to act under so vague a concept as the power to protect "domestic security." Given the difficulty of defining the domestic security interest, the danger of abuse in acting to protect that interest becomes apparent. --U.S. Supreme Court decision (407 U.S. 297 (1972)
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| Uh oh....help? [message #59571] |
Sun, 28 December 2003 17:34 |
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SuperFlyingEngi
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Yah the bigger the scene you make, the faster they want to get you off of the floor and make a deal......especially if you yell about how their store is a gigantic - and you'd have to be stupid to buy from there...they don't want to lose business...just don't break anything, because then they well be far less inclined to make a good deal with you
"To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." -- Theodore Roosevelt (1918)
"The danger to political dissent is acute where the Government attempts to act under so vague a concept as the power to protect "domestic security." Given the difficulty of defining the domestic security interest, the danger of abuse in acting to protect that interest becomes apparent. --U.S. Supreme Court decision (407 U.S. 297 (1972)
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| Uh oh....help? [message #59573] |
Sun, 28 December 2003 17:40 |
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SuperFlyingEngi
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...and tell them that you will send a ton of angry letters to the big Circuit City headquarters about how their store has really horrible service and the whole sales team s people and wouldn't help you because of your race unless they fix your laptop THEN AND THERE....well, maybe the racial thing is a little extreme, use it as a last resort...
"To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." -- Theodore Roosevelt (1918)
"The danger to political dissent is acute where the Government attempts to act under so vague a concept as the power to protect "domestic security." Given the difficulty of defining the domestic security interest, the danger of abuse in acting to protect that interest becomes apparent. --U.S. Supreme Court decision (407 U.S. 297 (1972)
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| Uh oh....help? [message #59578] |
Sun, 28 December 2003 17:48 |
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spreegem
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Actually, everyone is of the same race, the human race . . . so unless they are aliens, I get what you mean though, because of your nationality. I don't think sending hate letters to the big company place would be a good idea, maybe a complaint letter or something but not a bunch of hate letters. If you recently got it and still have time to return it just return it then get another one. But I assume that you can't otherwise I would think you would have done that by now and this topic wouldn't exist, but you never know. If you heard your laptop making funny noises and stuff why didn't you go check it out? Unless you were half asleep (or more, or less), or you thought you were hallucinating the noises and going crazy. 
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| Uh oh....help? [message #59581] |
Sun, 28 December 2003 17:51 |
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SuperFlyingEngi
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Like he already stated, he went to Circuit City but they wouldn't give him anything. But threatening to send mail to the Circuit City HQ should really be a last resort. But I think you've got enough material right here to put on a show, DBB.
Oh, and by the way, sorry about the laptop.
"To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." -- Theodore Roosevelt (1918)
"The danger to political dissent is acute where the Government attempts to act under so vague a concept as the power to protect "domestic security." Given the difficulty of defining the domestic security interest, the danger of abuse in acting to protect that interest becomes apparent. --U.S. Supreme Court decision (407 U.S. 297 (1972)
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| Uh oh....help? [message #59600] |
Sun, 28 December 2003 19:50 |
Adnecles1
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Had same problem with mine, but because I don't usually get extended warranty with mine. I took apart and there is a jumper near the battery that will reset your bios, which sounds like that is the problem. ???does it even post or just to compaq screen?.
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| Uh oh....help? [message #59616] |
Sun, 28 December 2003 21:26 |
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DBB
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| Adnecles1 |
Had same problem with mine, but because I don't usually get extended warranty with mine. I took apart and there is a jumper near the battery that will reset your bios, which sounds like that is the problem. ???does it even post or just to compaq screen?.
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As we speak it just hangs on the Compaq screen or after the Compaq screen it goes to a black screen for about 5 seconds then restarts....repeat....repeat.....its endless! Argh!
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| Uh oh....help? [message #59633] |
Mon, 29 December 2003 00:52 |
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Scythar
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Once upon a time in a sealed area not too far away...
*Zap*
Disk Reader: "Aah! We lost the main stabilizers! The thing is out of control!!"
Disk: "Proximity alert! All crew prepare for touchdown!"
Disk Reader: " We can't help it, it's...."
"Screeeeeeck*
There's a hole in the sky through which things can fly.
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| Uh oh....help? [message #59675] |
Mon, 29 December 2003 10:16 |
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DBB
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BTW, how would I get wireless on my desktop if I were to get one? I know you have to buy a PCI card or something weird. How would I install it and how hard is it?! Any info would be awesome .Btw im running off of a Wireless-G Broadband Router (Linksys v. WRT54G)
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| Uh oh....help? [message #59740] |
Mon, 29 December 2003 22:12 |
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IRON FART
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I wasn't arsed enough to read more than the first 2 posts so forgive me if I repeat something.
1. If the "experts" are "stumped" by it, and do not know how to fix it, make a scene as Circuit City or whatever. And FORCE them to replace it. They have to if you have a warranty.
2. Something similar happened with my sister's laptop (Apple iBook) It wouldn't work AT ALL. It got sent off to get fixed, they sent it back fixed and said nothing was wrong. (WTF?)
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