Tech support FTL.

[gothpunk4christ]

So yeah.  I received an HP computer to troubleshoot for a friend, and got it narrowed down to a motherboard in about 10-20 minutes of troubleshooting.

For your amusement, here is the first portion of the chat transcript.

Problem description is on the first line.

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shiloh : No POST, no beeps (even without memory) no video, CPU fan

Comments

[gothelittle]

Oh. My. Word. What does this motherboard do, produce world peace? :)

For $150 I bought an nForce 680i chipset, SLI ready, top-of-the-line motherboard with a 1033MHz FBS (a year and a half ago). $250 is getting into things like quad SLI capability.

This is why I don't do Dell or HP... I just pick up the pieces I want from Tiger Direct or Newegg and build it myself!

Hi, by the way. :)

[gothpunk4christ]

Oh, hai!

I usually do build everything myself, but I do warranty work for them as well. Laptops I will buy. I'm using my Dell laptop now, and bought it mainly for the warranty. Speaking of, I should get out of bed and start calling everyone to set up appointments... :)

[gothelittle]

Pleased to meet you

[gothpunk4christ]

Ah, I fully customized my little laptop. It was something more than 'just a laptop' but I didn't need all the blazing speed my desktop had. If I were to game, I'd do it on my desktop. Plain and simple. I did end up with a dual 1.5GHz Intel (I should've gone higher) 1GB Ram and an 8400GS M.My biggest thing though, was that the HD was NOT 5400 rpm, but 7200, so I did lose some space, but I gained some HD speed. The other necessity, was a 3 year warranty with accidental insurance, and spill coverage, which I do have, and at least a 9-cell battery. Mines 85Wh I think. Much better than the standard 53-56Wh. All I really needed. Sometime in the future I do plan on 'upgrading' to an XPS model (cause I enjoy the little lights) :)