Have You Ever Taken Your Computer to a Shop

[nageov3t]

just a random poll, inspired by the computer sales horror stories thread in GH.

I had to take my computer in to a local shop a couple times when I was younger (ie: highschool-ish). Didn't really get into computer hardware until I was in college, so I had to take it in for stupid things like adding an extra hard drive or upgrading the RAM.

in fairness, of course, it was an AT computer. I was looking at the box a few weeks ago, and it was like trying to read a foreign language. I still haven't figured out how to remove the ram, but at this point, I'm thinking of just dumping it into a trash bin.

never really had a horrible experience with the guys, though in retrospect, they have my admiration for not being totally confused by a non-ATX case

 

[StrangerGuy]

Hell no.

 

[MillionaireNextDoor]

Absolutely not! I have them come over

 

[ROTC1983]

Originally posted by: StrangerGuy
Hell no.

 

[Kremlar]

My Amiga computers.

 

[Xionide]

Depends on the repair woman.

-Xionide

 

[jdiddy]

Originally posted by: ROTC1983

Originally posted by: StrangerGuy
Hell no.

 

[TheAudit]

Thankfully, no.

 

[Zugzwang152]

Originally posted by: ROTC1983

Originally posted by: StrangerGuy
Hell no.

i know you're really a noob, come out and say it

 

[gsaldivar]

lol

where are all you Mac users...?

 

[Zugzwang152]

Originally posted by: gsaldivar
lol

where are all you Mac users...?

it's past their bedtime.

 

[StrangerGuy]

Originally posted by: Zugzwang152

Originally posted by: ROTC1983

Originally posted by: StrangerGuy
Hell no.

i know you're really a noob, come out and say it

I'm not a noob.

BTW is the Athlon incompatible with the Pentium?

 

[MaxDSP]

Thats a negatory....but I might have to take my laptop in to one soon looks like

 

[Zugzwang152]

Originally posted by: StrangerGuy

Originally posted by: Zugzwang152

Originally posted by: ROTC1983

Originally posted by: StrangerGuy
Hell no.

i know you're really a noob, come out and say it

I'm not a noob.

BTW is the Athlon incompatible with the Pentium?

not you, ROTC1983

 

[DurocShark]

I should have voted yes. I used to take mine in ... because I worked there. The bench was convenient.

 

[Apathetic]

Nope. I've always made my own PCs and have been able to fix them whenever something goes wrong.

Dave

 

[Aharami]

bwaaahhahahhhahhahaha

oh man i laughed so hard i couldnt even type bwahaha... properly


the answer is HELL NO!

 

[eLiu]

Nope, I prefer to do battle with my computer...err...figure the problem out myself. AT has been a great resource for that.

 

[lobadobadingdong]

I have vastly more repair knowledge than the "freshouta college" or "old geek who thinks he knows what he's doing" goofs at those places......and yes, I do have a AAS degree in Computer Maintanence Technologies and Electrical Engineering from T.S.T.C.

 

[Syrch]

I once took my PC to have it repaired at CompUSA because it was free and I was too lazy to do it. Well I got the PC back 2 days later and when I got it home and turned it on it shot white smoke out of the back of it and filled my room with smoke in under 10 seconds. I opened the case and found that the power for the A: drive properly plugged in and it destroyed my power supply. From that day on I've never been too lazy to work on my own PC. Lesson learned.....

 

[acemcmac]

I've taken about a dozen macs to the "shop" over the years to demand free work done on apple's numerous recalls... I don't count that though... They ranged from jacks coming loose from their solder points on powerbooks to the cases becoming cracked to hardware corruption in the floppy controllers....

 

[rudder]

Back in the day when I was younger and motherboards were a lot more valuable. I spent $20 to have some one solder on a replacement component.

 

[FuZoR]

yes when i was in JHS (n00b days)...