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- From: ca566@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Michael Holloway)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
- Subject: Help defeat a slime. Good power supply?
- Date: 6 Sep 1992 01:41:40 GMT
- Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
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- Reply-To: ca566@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Michael Holloway)
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- Does anyone out there know how I can prove, absolutely prove, that a power
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- supply is functioning normally?
-
- In short: Some idiot sold me a motherboard over the phone. Motherboard
- doesn't work. Idiot (still over the phone) insists that the power supply
- is "non-standard" (he uses the term as though it was magic) and insists
- that I give him more money to "fix" the problem. I try to take him to
- small claims court. The slime hires a lawyer who seems to have specialized
- in obfuscation in law school.
-
- I have an analysis of the power supply from an impartial third party. The
- impartial third party says that the voltages and ripple voltage are all
- good. No spikes. The idiot and his lawyer are certain to claim superior
- knowledge and say that the numbers are too far off (or something).
-
- The question then is this: Where do I find the ultimate authority on what
- constitutes a bad (or a good) power supply? Is there a reference book I
- could get? Someone I could get a letter from? I need to nail this idiot
- good in order to get my money back. Any ideas?
-
- Mike
- --
- E-mail: mhollowa@ccmail.sunysb.edu (mail to freenet is forwarded)
- phone: (516)444-3612
- I would claim to speak for my university but no one is likely to
- believe it.
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