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- From: ahummel@ems.cdc.com (H. Austin Hummel)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
- Subject: Re: Computer Problem... please help
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- Date: 25 Jan 93 20:37:36 GMT
- References: <1993Jan23.183543.12329@sarah.albany.edu> <1993Jan24.213734.10312@newshost.lanl.gov>
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- In article <1993Jan24.213734.10312@newshost.lanl.gov>, sct@beta.lanl.gov (Stephen Tenbrink) writes:
- |> 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
- |> ------------------------------
- |> >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.
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- Immediately, if not sooner, get back to Gateway 2000 and get a service
- manager, and if the story is the same call Ted Weitt owner, you will
- probably get an assistant, but you should get some assistance on this
- problem. According to the adds You are entitled to one-year service
- on site if you can not fixit.
-