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Changing MB and CPU W7
On Mon, 09 Jan 2012 07:22:58 -0800, Alex Clayton
wrote: On 1/9/2012 12:59 AM, Allen Drake wrote: On Sun, 08 Jan 2012 19:59:05 -0800, Alex wrote: A couple days after the warning it would not run. It gave some kind of link to "get genuine". It offered several possible solutions. At the time I had no idea what the hell was going on. Fist I called Acer. They had me re-install the OS from the HD. It has a section of the HD to allow this, sets it back to factory. Of course all was working then so I thought that was it. Put all my stuff back in and all was fine. Then 30 days later again same thing. Called Acer they tried to have me re-install. I told them we had been through that. Then they gave me an RMA to send it to them. I paid the shipping. A couple days after they got it they paid to send it back. 30 days later here we go again with the NG. I called, they tried the re-install, I said no, they gave another RMA. Got it back, 30 days later here we go again. Now I followed the links from MS. One option was to pay a C note for a "get genuine kit" which is a new key. I called Acer they refused to pay for this. I called MS they ran the serial numbers, told me it was Acer's fault. Acer wanted me to send it back again. By now I had about had enough. I just paid MS for the new key. some where in all this I was able to find out that the "problem" was MS considers a new MB to be a new machine. If you have a retail install they are not willing to let you move it to a new machine. Now Acer could have of course fixed this, they have a lot more pull with MS than I do. It got to where it was easy to see what Acer was going to do was screw with me until the warranty ran out. I gave up and told them never again would I buy anything they made. It sounds like I was not the only one who had this happen and they have now decided to not screw anyone else over. Like I said if they had just told me at the start that they would replace the MB but I would have to buy the new Key, I would have been fine. It was the way they kept lying and stringing me along that made me really mad. That's incredible. This is the number one reason I never buy computers. That and the enjoyment I get from building my own. I knew a guy who claimed be custom built laptops. I have never seen any parts online that would confirm his claim but what happened to you would give me reason to look further. I guess I have been lucky not to have had any problems with any laptops other then one I gave my niece that has just come back dead. Who knows that could be wrong but a crack is something that runs through my mind. I doubt she would ever tell me she had dropped it. I is rather old and heavy. Oh well............. I know very little about PC's. I am sure I "could" build one, I just have no desire to learn enough about it. When I need a new desk top or laptop I look for what is on sale in the Sunday ads. If I get a couple years out of them I am happy. Now that I am getting older my eyes are not as good as they used to be. For that reason I like the 17" screen laptops. When I decided to replace my last one all I cared about was the screen size. bought this one because it was on sale and they had one in the store. To buy a builders copy of W-7 last I looked was almost as much as I paid for this machine. As long as I get a couple years out of it and can give it to someone else I am happy. The Acer model I had all the trouble with I bought 2 of. I bought them at a Black Friday sale in 09. One went to Wife, one went to one of our kids. The one the kid had lasted over a year until her cat knocked a container of yogurt on it and smeared it all over the keyboard. I took it to a shop to have checked. They were able to put a new KB in it for less than a C note so we had them do it. She is still using it and it works fine. I figure since I paid about $300.00 for it she has more than gotten the moneys worth out of it. I know what you mean. If I used laptops I would do it exactly your way. I have a new one that has been sitting here since the spring and I never use it. I replaced the system drive with an SSD and added one in the spare bay still it never gets any use. I too and getting older and can't see as well as I used to. Born in the '40s. I also enjoy a larger screen so I now use a 41" VIZIO HDTV 120 Hz. I gave my wife my older 32" VIZIO and love this new one. I would never buy a desktop no matter how much I save. I still have the first system I ever bought from a custom builder in a small town here in NH. When I saw how easy it was I decided to keep it updated and built my first one in under 4 hours. It started right up and has been working fine ever since. I built a high end system for video editing and CAD and don't use it for anything else. I still use my first build for most online activities which I built sometime around 02. Desktops last me forever. I still have a Toshiba Equium 7100S running Windows 95 sitting here that works as well as could be expected given it's age and configuration. |
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