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- From: sct@beta.lanl.gov (Stephen Tenbrink)
- Subject: Re: Computer Problem... please help
- Message-ID: <1993Jan24.213734.10312@newshost.lanl.gov>
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- Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory
- References: <1993Jan23.183543.12329@sarah.albany.edu>
- Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 21:37:34 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan23.183543.12329@sarah.albany.edu> pv9955@gemini writes:
- >I think I deserve this punishment.
- >Back in June, my family bought a Gateway2000 486sx25. It is a fine computer.
- >...then it died.
- >
- >What is happening is that when it is turned on, the three indicator lights
- >flash on, and then everything turns off. No fan spinning; no hard drive.
- >Gateway Tech Support said they cannot send an On-Site technician to my home
- >because they do not do "troubleshooting." I will first have to find the
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- >problem, and they will send me a replacement part. Only if it is a big job
- >will they send someone to do the work.
- >
-
-
- Waite a minute!! What good is having "on-site" technical support if they
- don't troubleshoot? I may have been naive, but what is the "on-site"
- support for except to fix something you cannot identify? Am I wrong?? If
- this is the case, then we've been dupped by the claim.
-
- -Steve Tenbrink
- sct@lanl.gov
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- Steve Tenbrink
- sct@lanl.gov
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