[AT] OT: netcook/laptop problems (was Re: Drag line engine ID wanted

[charlie hill]

You know that might explain something.  When I took my first one back the 
only thing wrong was the clock would not retain it's setting.  They told me 
it was a bios problem.  I asked if they could just replace the battery. 
They said they could try that but it was day 13 of my 14 day window of 
taking it back to the store and I needed the computer right away so I 
decided to go ahead and trade it out.  NOW I'm wondering if the Geek Squad 
guy didn't see a chance to get himself a very nice notebook for a "throw 
away" price.   I don't know how much latitude they have with the 
manufacturers on what gets returned to be repaired.

Charlie

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From: "Mike Sloane" <mikesloane at verizon.net>
Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 12:27 PM
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Subject: Re: [AT] OT: netcook/laptop problems (was Re: Drag line engine ID 
wanted

> As it happens, this fancy HP laptop (a "Dv7") had a "Best Buy" sticker
> on it, and I am left to guess why anyone would discard a $700+ 2 year
> old laptop, unless the nice folks at Best Buy told them that it would
> cost more to fix the problem than the unit was worth. On this machine,
> there is a little button above the touch-pad, and pushing it disables
> the touch-pad (a LED changes from white to red next to the button). When
> I did that, the keyboard problems all went away! I feel (just a very
> little bit) guilty about fixing the problem so easily, but I don't know
> the identity of the PO and have little sympathy for them if they were
> willing to discard a perfectly good machine without getting a second
> opinion as to the problem and how to fix it. This isn't the first
> discarded computer I have encountered with a Best Buy sticker on it that
> turned out to have only very minor problems that were easily fixed.
>
> I just wish all my tractor related problems were so easily dealt with...
>
> Mike
>
> On 11/17/2010 11:13 AM, charlie hill wrote:
>> Let me know how it works out Mike.  I'm trying to be much more deliberate 
>> in
>> my "keyboarding" to see if that helps.  One thing,  I bought a notebook 
>> of
>> the same manufacture but not exactly the same model from Best Buy  and 
>> set
>> it up myself.  I never had a problem with it.   It ended up having an
>> internal problem and I took it back.  They were out of the model I had 
>> and I
>> took the similar one in exchange.  They had already had their Geek Squad
>> guys do the set up on this one up and I can tell from the tones it uses 
>> to
>> indicate certain actions that the kid that set it up thought he was being
>> cool.  I suspect it has a lot of secondary functions set up in it.  They 
>> are
>> fine for advanced users with nimble little fingers but maybe not so good 
>> for
>> a 60 year old with fat hands.
>>
>> Charlie
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> From: "Mike Sloane"<mikesloane at verizon.net>
>> Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 10:49 AM
>> To: "Antique tractor email discussion 
>> group"<at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> Subject: [AT] OT: netcook/laptop problems (was Re: Drag line engine ID
>> wanted
>>
>>> I agree with Howard. I was having a similar problem with a fancy HP
>>> laptop I rescued from the dumpster - the only thing wrong with it was
>>> that it was doing random odd things while I was typing, including having
>>> the cursor just wander all over the place. Just for the heck of it, I
>>> plugged in and used a regular keyboard, and the problem went away
>>> immediately. I am going to see if I can disable the touch-pad (I use a
>>> regular optical mouse, not the touch-pad, so it won't be any loss).
>>>
>>> Mike
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