Gregorama

I made this for a "battle" on another site. I was just a bit bored. What do you all think?

He's not your typical Reverend, let's just say that.

I spoke with the company prior to installing a new power supply. They said that we could try a new power supply, and if that didn't work, we can ship it back and have it returned fixed. We just have to pay for shipping it there.

Well then, I want a new engine. I don't buy from companies that don't please me from the get go. I was serious about buying from them in the near future. If I had a customer of whom I knew would be loyal, I'd do a heck of a lot to keep them around.

I realize that, but my perspective on this situation was that if I ask for an outrageous compensation, that the least they'll do is a quick shipping. Going from a 3.2 to a 3.4 is similar to asking for a CD player at a dealership. And as for the video card, going from a 9600 to a 9800 isn't that big of a jump either, not that I expected them to do it. I just asked for it for the reason explained above.

I realize that, but my perspective on this situation was that if I ask for an outrageous compensation, that the least they'll do is a quick shipping.

When the company you are dealing with treats you with little or no care, then I could honestly care less about how "decent" I am being with them. Tech support rushed the hell out of me, they take days to reply emails, and from other signs they've given me, I can tell that there's no way in hell that they care about customer satisfaction. And when I said that I paid for upgrades, it ment that I spent more money to upgrade the poor products they had to offer.

Wow, that sure is a hefty number of intrusion attempts. I wouldn't be able to cope with that! *I replied to your e-mail. Greg

Dyslexic, you won't notice much of a browsing difference, unless you're on sites that contain large amounts of images and such. Through bit torrent, the most I've ever seen was around 250 kb/sec, being as you can only download what others upload. So to answer your question, yes. You are limited by whoever you are downloading from. I guess your ping will not be lowered. Just out of curiosity, what are your current TCP values?

Trillian is a very safe chat program, and can use aim, msn, icq, and yahoo all at once. It also takes up very little system recources. I prefer AIM. But, I would not recomment installing the latest versions of it. Here's the perfect version of AIM, which is the only version I will use. It's an older one, indeed, but it works the same, and has no spyware. Here's the link to it: http://www.oldversion.com/downloadx/aim553572.exe I doubt the company will compensate for the situation. All I really want is my computer back before the new year. It's going to take 5-6 days for them to recieve it, hopefully 2-3 for them getting around to fixing (or replacing) it, and 5-6 days for me to recieve it. -Greg

Email to company: After purchasing a new power supply, and the computer still not powering up, I'm going to ship the computer back to you. I spoke with a technician today, only to find my questions un-answered. I was told to remove the cpu, and put it back in place, clear the cmos, etc. No results came of this. He wasn't of much help, and seemed quick to end the conversation. My computer WILL NOT turn on at all. Please ship back the computer fixed, and with the new cases that you are selling. It looks more cooling-efficient. I want to remain a loyal customer, and was hoping to purchase from you in the near future, but I'm not satisfied. Hopefully, you can compensate for this situation, by upgrading the processor to a P4 3.4 Ghz, and the video card to a Radeon 9800XT. The upgrades I did pay for included a floppy drive, modem, 120 GB HDD, and Radeon 9600 256 MB. If you could ship the computer back to me in a short amount of time, it would be greatly appreciated. I need this computer badly. Thanks.

Thanks a lot, Rev. I took out everything inside the case, and put everything back into place. I even repositioned the CPU, but working is one thing it just won't do. From this, I can tell; it's most likely the mobo. I guess there's not much I can do, ya know bro? My best bet is to send it back, hoping that it will return before the new year is back. Chances are, it will take 3 weeks or more, for them to recieve, fix, and ship back my whore. Wow, that was rather enjoyable. Say Rev, care to chat a bit on AIM? We could, I don't know. Say....chat about computers? Hehe, as always, thanks Rev. -Greg

Thanks for the information, Reverend. Being as I purchased this computer, I'm still under warranty. I would have just built the computer myself, but their price was unbeatable, and would most likely cost less than if I were to build it. -Intel P4 3.2EGHz [1MB cache] -Quality VIA PT800+ 800FSB Hyper-Threading DDR400 ATX Motherboard -1 8xAGP Slot & 4 PCI SLOTS / 4 ULTRA ATA-133/100/66/33 IDE Devices On 2 Channels -1024MB DDR RAM -8xAGP ATI Radeon 9600 Pro w/256MB DDRAM & TV-out -120GB ATA-133 7200RPM Hard Drive (Upset about RPM) -Floppy Drive -8x DVD RW+ That, including shipping, came to about $700. If I can't resolve this issue by tomorrow, I'll ship it back to them, have them take a look at decide what to replace, free of cost. I'm also going to try and work a little magic. I'll say that I want to remain a customer of theirs, and was almost certain that I'd buy from them again, but with what has happened, I'm not quite sure. I'll ask them to compensate for what has happened, maybe by upgrading my processor or video card. Cheers again, Reverend.

I recently purchased a new power supply, being as the other one I was using died. Now, when I try to power on the computer, fans and such start up for a split second, then there's no power. This happens every time I try to power on the computer. I'm pretty sure the motherboard didn't fry, so what could this issue be? I've tried all the logical things, such as making sure everything is connected properly, stripping down the the basic hardware, etc. Dear God, I'm pissed. Help and suggestions would be appreciated.

I have linksys four port router, and I've noticed that whenever I do a tracert, I get disconnected from the network. What's with that? Also, when trying to use some applications, such as skype, I get disconnected as well. I know for a fact it's the router, because I've tested both a tracert and skype without the router, and everything worked flawlessly. What can I do to resolve this problem? Do you guys know of anything I can do inside my router config to stop this from happening? -Greg

Not necessisarily. It could have been pin contact issues. But then again, what are the odds of that happening to two or more items?

*BUMP* It's my power supply. I left the PC on for a few minutes to see if anything would come of it, and I come back to find the computer off. I also noticed the smell of glue. Now, the computer won't turn on, whatsoever. It's the powersupply. FUCK

Thanks for your advice, kind sir. I'll wrig up a test power supply for now, and see if that works. I'm positive there are no cob webs, hehe. This PC wasn't built too long ago.

I'm really frustrated at the moment. When I turn on my computer, the only things that will powere on are the heatsink, my blue led fan, and my cd drive. The cd drive won't even open. The whole computer itself is in a semi-sleep state. The bios won't boot up, the hard drives won't start, etc. I know for sure it's not a wattage problem, because I stripped my computer of everything but the standards. I'm hoping my motherboard didn't fry. Any suggestions?

...god fucking damnit. The jumper hook-up for the slave to the dvd rom has only two pins. I don't even have a jumper to fit that.

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Yes, both cd drives are hooked up to the same data ribbon. I'm still not understanding why it won't detect them when I have it installed. I got it to actually start up with the dvd rom in it, but when it's in, my computer doesn't detect either disc tray, just the hard drives. And once I take out the dvd rom, everything boots up correctly, and the two hard drives and dvd burner work. Suggestions?

Today, I decided to raid my old computer and salvage what useful parts I could find. I took out a hard drive and a dvd rom. I installed the old hard drive as a slave drive on this computer, and everything worked out fine. When I installed the dvd rom (There's only one cd drive currently, which is a CD/DVD RW) I can't get past my bios. It keeps trying to search for a master drive. Once I take out the dvd rom, everything loads up fine. Any ideas on why this is happening?

Update:

I'm guessing that you're paying for the 256kbps package. From what I can see, you are pretty much right at your cap figuring in overhead. Smile