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What is it with Compaq support?
Are there really people so dense and incapable of original thought,or are we
really talking to a computer programmed with stock answers? They continually give me a part number for a psu for my system that I know is wrong,since I already returned one unit.I'm no expert,but I don't see how anything short of a miracle is going to make a 20 pin connector is going to fit on a mobo with a 24 pin proprietary connector. But they keep giving me numbers for units that have 20 pin connectors,because that's what the spare parts site tells them goes on my system. I tried to point out the site also says my system uses PC 133 memory,when in fact it uses 2100 DDR,but they can't seem to grasp the concept that the site isn't giving people correct information. |
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"michael" wrote in message ...
Are there really people so dense and incapable of original thought,or are we really talking to a computer programmed with stock answers? They continually give me a part number for a psu for my system that I know is wrong,since I already returned one unit.I'm no expert,but I don't see how anything short of a miracle is going to make a 20 pin connector is going to fit on a mobo with a 24 pin proprietary connector. But they keep giving me numbers for units that have 20 pin connectors,because that's what the spare parts site tells them goes on my system. I tried to point out the site also says my system uses PC 133 memory,when in fact it uses 2100 DDR,but they can't seem to grasp the concept that the site isn't giving people correct information. Yeah their (actually HP now) support is beyond awful. A friend of mine has a 5000T Presario and wanted to upgrade the CPU and memory. He called their support line three times and got three completely different stories about what his upgrade options were, and all three support reps said they were 100% sure about their information. Pretty sad. We still don't have a straight answer. RickW |
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"michael" a écrit dans le message news:
... (...) I tried to point out the site also says my system uses PC 133 memory,when in fact it uses 2100 DDR,but they can't seem to grasp the concept that the site isn't giving people correct information. Hi ! Well sometimes this memory thing appears to be quite obscure... Since DDR-SDRAM marked as PC2100 has actually a front side bus at 133Mhz (the double data rate thing makes it a"266" aka PC2100 ) maybe the confusion comes from this part ? Anyway, you didn't specify your model, so I'm just guessing :-) Regards, Serge --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.490 / Virus Database: 289 - Release Date: 20/06/2003 |
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Rick wrote:
"michael" wrote in message ... Are there really people so dense and incapable of original thought,or are we really talking to a computer programmed with stock answers? They continually give me a part number for a psu for my system that I know is wrong,since I already returned one unit.I'm no expert,but I don't see how anything short of a miracle is going to make a 20 pin connector is going to fit on a mobo with a 24 pin proprietary connector. But they keep giving me numbers for units that have 20 pin connectors,because that's what the spare parts site tells them goes on my system. I tried to point out the site also says my system uses PC 133 memory,when in fact it uses 2100 DDR,but they can't seem to grasp the concept that the site isn't giving people correct information. Yeah their (actually HP now) support is beyond awful. A friend of mine has a 5000T Presario and wanted to upgrade the CPU and memory. He called their support line three times and got three completely different stories about what his upgrade options were, and all three support reps said they were 100% sure about their information. Pretty sad. We still don't have a straight answer. RickW I live in Fort Collins, CO. A few years ago there were thousands upon thousands of HP employees in this area. Today, a corporate jet flew over my house heading west. Only HP has clout for a corporate jet locally. I figure Carly has just laid of another 20,000 employees. You might never get a straight answer. Q |
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No,the problem is that Compaq can't keep track of their own products.My
model is a 5423US,a newer Pentium 4 system,and they keep recommending parts for the 5423,an older,and totally different,system. "SFR" marre du spam wrote in message ... "michael" a écrit dans le message news: ... (...) I tried to point out the site also says my system uses PC 133 memory,when in fact it uses 2100 DDR,but they can't seem to grasp the concept that the site isn't giving people correct information. Hi ! Well sometimes this memory thing appears to be quite obscure... Since DDR-SDRAM marked as PC2100 has actually a front side bus at 133Mhz (the double data rate thing makes it a"266" aka PC2100 ) maybe the confusion comes from this part ? Anyway, you didn't specify your model, so I'm just guessing :-) Regards, Serge --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.490 / Virus Database: 289 - Release Date: 20/06/2003 |
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I called Compaq to ask about my 5000 and first was told for technical support
to call another number then when I called there some woman who barely spoken English asked me all kinds of personal info then finally asked she could help..I told her I just wanted to verify what type RAM my computer would take..She told me to hold the line while she put me thru to a tech person (Why did she even answer the phone?) finally the tech person told me my computer would only take PC 100 modules which turned out not to be true |
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