Apparently they are having an issue, as batteries are not covered under their 2 year warrany.  This is perfectly fine.  I'm okay paying $160 for a battery.  What isn't fine, is that they didn't ell me this so they halted service on my machine today.  They send my wife an e-mail tonight telling us we need to pay when I told them I was sending it in ( Read more... )

What does it mean when the gas needle alternates between being either above full or below empty regardless of how much gas you have?  I understand there is a little floaty thing in the tank that determines the needle.  Could it be anything more serious ( Read more... )

I should add that I am happy that most of my troubles involve computers instead of more important things... like cancer.  (Maybe I've been watching too much Breaking Bad.)  I'm aware that in the greater scheme of things, I'm still doing okay.  If they lose my online class the school can't fire me no matter how bad I do because they LOST MY CLASS ( Read more... )

Asus gave my computer a recieved date of the 15th, even though it came early on the 9th.  This sucks for me as they claim it takes 10-14 business days.  This means in the best case scenario, I get it on the 29th, which is four days after the GW2 headstart.  Thus I'm still in a jam about that.  I'm not giving up my headstart.  I will use Rent-A- ( Read more... )

1. My Asus made an appearance at the repair center late last night.  It is now listed as being recieved on August 15th, instead of the August 9th FedEx claims.  Of course I sent it out on the 6th. This means the expected 10-14 business day period now gives August 29th to September 2nd.  It is not currently in the repair phase, but simply in what ( Read more... )

Fully aware that Rent-A-Center caters to (takes advantage of) poor people, I set out to try to rent a laptop.  The staff there was clearly not used to dealing with someone like me.  The first thing they said is that they were going to need me to get a letter from my landlord so that they can have proof of where I live (in case I run off with it.)   ( Read more... )

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Drove about 45 mins to a friend's place (Page of Swords) for the 4-hour stress test today.  To this game, I am loyal.  Now to get back to work before sleep time.

And as soon as I send my computer away, Arenanet announces they're having a stress test tomorrow.  I can't figure out a way not to miss it as the specs on this (my mom's) laptop are pretty bad ( Read more... )

So my battery failed and I sent my laptop in.  Been working on my mom's laptop.  It's slower, but not horrible to use.  Was mine just a couple of years ago ( Read more... )