LadyOfMagic
Joined Fri 09/29/06
Posts: 4316
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| Tue 10/28/08 11:48 PM |
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Anybody got a Dell laptop that's given them trouble..mine has put me in Dell hell for months now..I finally got someone at the phone company to tell me that he THINKS that my ethernet port has a short in it but didn't bother to tell me what to do for it..anybody got any ideas
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HockeyChick
Joined Thu 10/23/08
Posts: 353
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| Tue 10/28/08 11:51 PM |
are you still under warranty? have you contacted dell if u are?
laptops generally need to be serviced if internal or connected to the motherboard is the issue.
if you are out of warranty, do you have anyone local that works on puters?
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LadyOfMagic
Joined Fri 09/29/06
Posts: 4316
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| Tue 10/28/08 11:53 PM |
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QUOTE:
are you still under warranty? have you contacted dell if u are?
laptops generally need to be serviced if internal or connected to the motherboard is the issue.
if you are out of warranty, do you have anyone local that works on puters?
Nope..out of warrenty and Dell is run by @$$es..lol..and I know no one.
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HockeyChick
Joined Thu 10/23/08
Posts: 353
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| Wed 10/29/08 12:02 AM |
ahhh gotcha...well #1: go to dell.com and check their support link, see if there's anything for your laptop, recall, or anything about it. see if they have a forum and if anyone else has complained...
if nothing else, check through your "network" of friends, family...there's always a tech guru somewhere that may be able to take a look at it for ya
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LexFonteyne
Joined Thu 12/07/06
Posts: 13636
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| Wed 10/29/08 05:14 AM |
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Anybody got a Dell laptop that's given them trouble..
Yes. Ever since July, and it still isn't working....
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tyhodge
Joined Fri 10/31/08
Posts: 189
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| Tue 11/04/08 01:04 AM |
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i had one, paid 1600 for it, the usb port part broke off, and the ethernet cord spot broke too, good thing it had wireless tho. right after waranty is when the things broke, and they wernt covered, we bought a new mother board off the bay for like 60 bucks and swapped it out and sold it for 600, lol. bought a dell desktop and it has actually been pretty good
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Scooter83
Joined Mon 11/03/08
Posts: 3
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| Tue 11/04/08 05:54 AM |
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Listen, being a computer technician all I can say on the subject is that Dell is the hardest f#ing thing to work on unless you have the proper tools, software, and "Dell Certified Parts" otherwise all I can say for them is the my local trash collector works better than any dell computer be it laptop or desktop.
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symbelmyne
Joined Mon 01/14/08
Posts: 5267
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| Tue 11/04/08 09:35 AM |
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wow...I owned a Dell for years (PC and laptops), never had problems, best of all brands...guess they´ve just gone down hill??
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Riding_Dubz
Joined Wed 05/21/08
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| Tue 11/04/08 09:38 AM |
my screen just went on, notebook, dell,
not aloud to call them laptops any more they where sued by the federal goverment, because your not suppose to put them on your lap,
that would cause cancer,
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symbelmyne
Joined Mon 01/14/08
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| Tue 11/04/08 09:39 AM |
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ddn122
Joined Mon 11/05/07
Posts: 9138
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| Tue 11/04/08 09:40 AM |
warranty is your best option....they have people who will come to home to fix them.....
But the real question is...who hasn't had a problem with a DELL....????
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tngxl65
Joined Sat 01/12/08
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| Tue 11/04/08 09:40 AM |
Been using Dell notebooks for years without much problem.
Are you using the network port? If not, try disabling it in the BIOS.
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