bwahahahaha! dell warranty expired a week before hard disk failure

[neonerd]

Just to give you an idea of what quality computers mean

Only reason i'm using a dell as my server is because it was...FREE!

that's right, free with my 18" LCD!

now my warranty expired about a week ago, and guess what!? Hard disk failure, error code 79

I love how they time these things! Now i wonder to what date they've set the system to self distruct?

 

[mobobuff]

Did the warranty on your previous thread about this also expire?

 

[Freejack2]

Dogbert is actually in charge of manufacturing at Dell. The chip is designed to shut off anywhere between 1 week and 2 months after the warranty expires. People then have to pay for the repair. The person pays an arm and a leg for the repair thinking it's serious when all thats really done is the chip is reactivated for another year.

 

[neonerd]

Originally posted by: Freejack2
Dogbert is actually in charge of manufacturing at Dell. The chip is designed to shut off anywhere between 1 week and 2 months after the warranty expires. People then have to pay for the repair. The person pays an arm and a leg for the repair thinking it's serious when all thats really done is the chip is reactivated for another year.

hehe, the guy tried to get me to buy another HD, told him that i'm very well capable of doing it myself.

He told me to make sure i get a compatible hard drive that's 30GB. wtf is compatible supposed to mean? do they have their own DELLIDE connector or something?

in a rebel mood i tell him i'm going to buy a 120GB one. He just laughs and says <indian accent>thank you for calling dell, goodbye.</indian accent>

 

[T2T III]

Originally posted by: neonerd
I love how they time these things! Now i wonder to what date they've set the system to self distruct?

You mean to tell us that Dell had something to do with the timing of the hard drive failure?



P.S. - don't have you have something better to do like make neekid fat snow ladies??

 

[EyeMWing]

Originally posted by: neonerd

Originally posted by: Freejack2
Dogbert is actually in charge of manufacturing at Dell. The chip is designed to shut off anywhere between 1 week and 2 months after the warranty expires. People then have to pay for the repair. The person pays an arm and a leg for the repair thinking it's serious when all thats really done is the chip is reactivated for another year.

hehe, the guy tried to get me to buy another HD, told him that i'm very well capable of doing it myself.

He told me to make sure i get a compatible hard drive that's 30GB. wtf is compatible supposed to mean? do they have their own DELLIDE connector or something?

in a rebel mood i tell him i'm going to buy a 120GB one. He just laughs and says <indian accent>thank you for calling dell, goodbye.</indian accent>

I'll bet the damn thing doesn't support 48bit LBA.

 

[Freejack2]

Heh I had to call Dell tech support last week and the first time I get some Indian person. Before I get a chance to ask him how the weather is in mombay(sp?) he puts me on hold to research the information and never comes back. Second time I got an American though.

Originally posted by: neonerd

Originally posted by: Freejack2
Dogbert is actually in charge of manufacturing at Dell. The chip is designed to shut off anywhere between 1 week and 2 months after the warranty expires. People then have to pay for the repair. The person pays an arm and a leg for the repair thinking it's serious when all thats really done is the chip is reactivated for another year.

hehe, the guy tried to get me to buy another HD, told him that i'm very well capable of doing it myself.

He told me to make sure i get a compatible hard drive that's 30GB. wtf is compatible supposed to mean? do they have their own DELLIDE connector or something?

in a rebel mood i tell him i'm going to buy a 120GB one. He just laughs and says <indian accent>thank you for calling dell, goodbye.</indian accent>

 

[mwtgg]

Originally posted by: Tiles2Tech

Originally posted by: neonerd
I love how they time these things! Now i wonder to what date they've set the system to self distruct?

You mean to tell us that Dell had something to do with the timing of the hard drive failure?



P.S. - don't have you have something better to do like make neekid fat snow ladies with the boobs of a preteen girl??

What brand harddrive does Dell use in their machines?

 

[neonerd]

Originally posted by: mwtgg

Originally posted by: Tiles2Tech

Originally posted by: neonerd
I love how they time these things! Now i wonder to what date they've set the system to self distruct?

You mean to tell us that Dell had something to do with the timing of the hard drive failure?



P.S. - don't have you have something better to do like make neekid fat snow ladies with the boobs of a preteen girl??

What brand harddrive does Dell use in their machines?

western digital...i'm thinking i can try calling WD an getting a drive out of them

 

[mwtgg]

Originally posted by: neonerd

Originally posted by: mwtgg

Originally posted by: Tiles2Tech

Originally posted by: neonerd
I love how they time these things! Now i wonder to what date they've set the system to self distruct?

You mean to tell us that Dell had something to do with the timing of the hard drive failure?



P.S. - don't have you have something better to do like make neekid fat snow ladies with the boobs of a preteen girl??

What brand harddrive does Dell use in their machines?

western digital...i'm thinking i can try calling WD an getting a drive out of them

So wait, you checked on the warranty with Dell first? Why not just go to WD's site and enter in the serial number off the drive?

 

[neonerd]

Originally posted by: mwtgg

Originally posted by: neonerd

Originally posted by: mwtgg

Originally posted by: Tiles2Tech

Originally posted by: neonerd
I love how they time these things! Now i wonder to what date they've set the system to self distruct?

You mean to tell us that Dell had something to do with the timing of the hard drive failure?



P.S. - don't have you have something better to do like make neekid fat snow ladies with the boobs of a preteen girl??

What brand harddrive does Dell use in their machines?

western digital...i'm thinking i can try calling WD an getting a drive out of them

So wait, you checked on the warranty with Dell first? Why not just go to WD's site and enter in the serial number off the drive?

i called dell to see if they'd replace the drive free so that they'd have to deal with my complaining, and it gave me a reason to go off on dell

 

[Mojoed]

Originally posted by: EyeMWing

Originally posted by: neonerd

Originally posted by: Freejack2
Dogbert is actually in charge of manufacturing at Dell. The chip is designed to shut off anywhere between 1 week and 2 months after the warranty expires. People then have to pay for the repair. The person pays an arm and a leg for the repair thinking it's serious when all thats really done is the chip is reactivated for another year.

hehe, the guy tried to get me to buy another HD, told him that i'm very well capable of doing it myself.

He told me to make sure i get a compatible hard drive that's 30GB. wtf is compatible supposed to mean? do they have their own DELLIDE connector or something?

in a rebel mood i tell him i'm going to buy a 120GB one. He just laughs and says <indian accent>thank you for calling dell, goodbye.</indian accent>

I'll bet the damn thing doesn't support 48bit LBA.

It will still accomodate a 120GB hard drive without 48LBA., unless the computer is at least 6-7 years old.

 

[mwtgg]

Originally posted by: neonerd

Originally posted by: mwtgg

Originally posted by: neonerd

Originally posted by: mwtgg

Originally posted by: Tiles2Tech

Originally posted by: neonerd
I love how they time these things! Now i wonder to what date they've set the system to self distruct?

You mean to tell us that Dell had something to do with the timing of the hard drive failure?



P.S. - don't have you have something better to do like make neekid fat snow ladies with the boobs of a preteen girl??

What brand harddrive does Dell use in their machines?

western digital...i'm thinking i can try calling WD an getting a drive out of them

So wait, you checked on the warranty with Dell first? Why not just go to WD's site and enter in the serial number off the drive?

i called dell to see if they'd replace the drive free so that they'd have to deal with my complaining, and it gave me a reason to go off on dell

I don't have the time for that anymore, just check up on the drive on WD's site. So much easier.

 

[neonerd]

Originally posted by: Mojoed

Originally posted by: EyeMWing

Originally posted by: neonerd

Originally posted by: Freejack2
Dogbert is actually in charge of manufacturing at Dell. The chip is designed to shut off anywhere between 1 week and 2 months after the warranty expires. People then have to pay for the repair. The person pays an arm and a leg for the repair thinking it's serious when all thats really done is the chip is reactivated for another year.

hehe, the guy tried to get me to buy another HD, told him that i'm very well capable of doing it myself.

He told me to make sure i get a compatible hard drive that's 30GB. wtf is compatible supposed to mean? do they have their own DELLIDE connector or something?

in a rebel mood i tell him i'm going to buy a 120GB one. He just laughs and says <indian accent>thank you for calling dell, goodbye.</indian accent>

I'll bet the damn thing doesn't support 48bit LBA.

got it last year....celeron 2.4GHz
It will still accomodate a 120GB hard drive without 48LBA., unless the computer is at least 6-7 years old.

 

[SelArom]

great now you got me scared into thinking I should get that extended warranty after all....

I figure if I get it and don't need it I can just break my laptop in 3 years and make it look like "manufacturing defects". what do you think?

 

[mwtgg]

Originally posted by: SelArom
great now you got me scared into thinking I should get that extended warranty after all....

I figure if I get it and don't need it I can just break my laptop in 3 years and make it look like "manufacturing defects". what do you think?

Yeah, fraud is always good.

 

[Abhi]

Originally posted by: SelArom
great now you got me scared into thinking I should get that extended warranty after all....

I figure if I get it and don't need it I can just break my laptop in 3 years and make it look like "manufacturing defects". what do you think?

They ll just replace the part you broke... even if u manage to short the mobo....
you ll not get a new laptop...

To get a new laptop, you ll need to get the Complete Care warranty from Dell ... and then drive over the laptop ... accidentely.