Posts by PEBKAC

Quote: Originally Posted by timmy223 i went to Fragapalooza last weekend (Canada's biggest Lan of 1200 ppl ). i walked in the doors, looked around, and thought to myself: what noobs ...then after i was set up (in like 2...

The only way changing the cpu would void your warranty would be if you damaged something during the installation or if the replacement cpu not purchased from Dell damaged your computer. if you install the new cpu and things work fine,...

You could always try reinstalling the notebook system software. it might refresh the usb driver on your system. it can't hurt at least. newest version is available : here

Seriously guy, I understand where you're coming from on this one. your machine has some things you want fixed on it, and you would rather not have to pay for it. but large company or not, would you want to someone to be scamming you...

There's a chance, the screen itself is already damaged. sorry i couldn't post better info.

One bad machine doesn't mean the whole batch is bad. unless you're talking about their optiplex's from a few years back. Mr. Evil knows what i'm talking about there. Honestly, if you're running a business, you need your machines...

Your user has been putting medium to heavy objects on top of his notebook. he'll need a screen replacement. is it still under warranty?

just uninstall all the programs you dont like. either that or do a format/reinstall without wiping out image restore, put your drivers on there, and then make a ghost image of it and replace your image restore partition.

In Canada you get a sheet telling you what they did to your machine, if anything, i don't see how it would be different in the states.

Quote: Originally Posted by dave-p yes, my understanding wrt MS Office as suchs apps is even OEM can be put on any system, it was only the OS that supposed to stay with the laptop, but even then I seen people selling...