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[challenge entry] Big Duck

Largest wild duck.
This post also ends longest (personal) recorded absence from B3ta due to worlds worst luck with a PC (bought Nov 2002 and only now has the shop got it fixed). One complete swap, 3 new monitors, 3 CPU's, 2 sound cards, 2 hard drives, 3 graphics cards 1 swap of memory and 21 installations of on OS (yes..21 - 5 in one evening!).
It's good to be back!

From the The B3ta Book of Records challenge. See all 262 entries (closed)

(I helped save b3ta! Ravenblack All the good quotes have gone, Fri 4 Jul 2003, 23:25, archived)
# PEBKAC?

;-)

Only kidding - bad luck with that PC... where it come from?


(woo to the big duck, btw)
(nogber, Fri 4 Jul 2003, 23:29, archived)
# PEB wha?
Novatec...but in their defence, they have been very good with the customer support issue. They send someone out if they even think that I might have a problem now...I think they bugged my PC...if the monitor isn't bright enough, I go to adjust it...and the doorbell rings and one of the technicians is there...and he adjusts the brightness, makes me a cup of tea, vacuums the house (that makes yer ears pop, I tell ya!) feeds the cats and mows the lawn......NOW that is customer support!
(I helped save b3ta! Ravenblack All the good quotes have gone, Fri 4 Jul 2003, 23:33, archived)
# .
Problem
Exists
Between
Keyboard
And
Chair
(nogber, Fri 4 Jul 2003, 23:36, archived)
# Ah!
Acyually no-one knows what the problem is, or was...or wis? Odd things that appeared to be totally individual kept failing...and I only wish I caused it, coz then I'd know!
(I helped save b3ta! Ravenblack All the good quotes have gone, Fri 4 Jul 2003, 23:38, archived)
# has it not occured to you
to just get a refund and take your money elsewhere?
i got a packard bell laptop from pcworld (big mistake) had it replaced twice. third time it went wrong i made them give me a refund and got a dell instead
(I helped save b3ta! The Incredible... accident free since, Fri 4 Jul 2003, 23:38, archived)
# packard bell = foghat
(I helped save b3ta! lo, the OTHER greebo warrior, Fri 4 Jul 2003, 23:39, archived)
# Legally
this company can put the product right and not refund you (small print - stated). As it is, I eventually put it to the company that if it fails again then they were to refund. In the end they repaired it and upgraded it. I can't fault them really, as the problems have been irratic, and hard to trace. They only occured now and then, so testing and soak tests didn't show them. Hats off though, as they do come out to fix it on site, no cost...and often with new goodies such as 480w power and 1gig DDR RAM....
(I helped save b3ta! Ravenblack All the good quotes have gone, Fri 4 Jul 2003, 23:41, archived)
# I wouldn't call a 480W PSU
a 'goody' on account of the sparky bill wot's gonna land on yer doorstep in a month or a quarter's time :)
(I helped save b3ta! witchy is covered in BEES, Fri 4 Jul 2003, 23:51, archived)
# Hmmmmm.....
It's like having a Ferrari...

Great car....no good across the fields though!

It depends if you want faultless power for all your add on bits, or a cheaper electric bill (mines pretty damn cheap anyway!)

And I have a Range Rover (very old tatty one...but better than a Ferrari across the fields!)...and no...I'm not a typical RR aloof owner!
(I helped save b3ta! Ravenblack All the good quotes have gone, Fri 4 Jul 2003, 23:59, archived)
# dell's tech support give head
100% etc
(I helped save b3ta! pinklefish, Fri 4 Jul 2003, 23:50, archived)