Computer problems!!

[YELLOW]

Have spent over an hour tonight to some caller centre in India trying to get my Dell computer fixed!! After all that the damn thing will have to be sent back to Ireland for repairs. Haven't even had it a year!!

 

Ho hum!! <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />

[Laz]

What's up with it?

[CANV EFM]

good old dell

[YELLOW]

Most probably the hard drive is buggered. It's under warranty so no problem there.

 

Basically when you switch the machine on it loads up the Dell screen but little else. Refuses to go into windows and I have a underscore flasing away in the top left hand corner.

[GHA EFM]

So it's entering DOS mode?

[Guest]

Get a Mac

:-)

[YELLOW]

Quote:

GHA EFM said:
So it's entering DOS mode?

Don't think so. You switch it on, it does the Dell logo and instead of loading windows it goes into a blank screen with just a flashing underscore in the top left hand corner.

Think it could be a problem with the motherboard.

[Laz]

BIOS!

[CANV EFM]

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problem solved yellow.. only a grand as well

[barca_ultra EFM]

I looked at one of those the other day.Looks really good...and the moneys no problem either! <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />

[AFF]

Hi Canv.

 

But the guy who came on and said it looks as though it was made by Fisher Price wasn't far wrong, was he?

 

Oh, by the way. Having carefully weighed up the advantages and disadvantages, the contrasting advice, the pros, the cons, and the quid pro quos, the boy has gone for the Applemacdonald letter book lap-top thing. I blame you.

 

Cheers.

[CANV EFM]

yeah it is a bit.. but having the whole thing built into the scrren saves a load of space and 'wireage'...

im sure the lad will be happy with his new toy.. tell him to buy world of warcraft or something so he can spend all his time in lecturee pissing around with online games.. beats looking at birds...

[GHA EFM]

CANV - Footy Manager will be on the way (freeloaded, naturally),

though it doesn't beat looking at birds,

especially when you're doing a social science.

There's about 8 of them to every 1 of us

[CANV EFM]

social science...? whats that.. physics down the pub with your mates? chemistry at dinner (not now thornsy )..

what happened to the three r's modern schooling is a disgrace..

 

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