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- From: robl@PROBLEM_WITH_INEWS_GATEWAY_FILE (Rob Laddish)
- Subject: gateway 4dx2-66V
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- Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 18:27:07 GMT
- Organization: Division of the month club
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- I bought one of these machines, and it works great! The problems I have had
- with Gateway are of a more human nature:
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- 1. They sent me someone else's order by mistake. Same machine (4dx2-66v) but
- with 8MB, not 16MB, and microsoft project, not the entreprenuers pack.
- I bought my monitor elsewhere, and luckily they did not send me the other
- guys monitor.
- 2. It took about 8 hours to get the machine working. It would boot, but
- nothing would show on the display. All the cards were seated well, but I
- adjusted the video card to fit better. After a few hours I removed the
- video card in complete frustration and reseated it. That fixed it. The
- case seemed slightly warped so that if the video card was screwed in, it
- would slightly pop out of its VL slot.
- 3. My first call was to tech. support. They got back to me in 2 days. Fairly
- grumpy people. (I probably would be too :-)
- 4. My acct. rep said they would credit my account for the difference in ram,
- and send me a new copy of software.
- 5. 2 weeks later I got another copy of microsoft project. I sent it back in
- with my RMA number. I left 2 calls to my acct. rep, but got no response.
- 6. 2 weeks later, still not return call, nor any software!
-
- I like the machine and would recommend it, but dealing with any sort of
- customer support really sucks!
-
- Rob
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- / / Robert Laddish AT&T: 707-577-3767
- HEWLETT/hp/PACKARD HP Santa Rosa, Ca. Telnet: 1-577-3767
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