Comments on: My Dell Laptop is Trying to Sell Me a New Battery http://eric.biven.us/2009/10/20/my-dell-laptop-is-trying-to-sell-me-a-new-battery/ ...professional nerd-speak translator Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:04:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Eric Biven http://eric.biven.us/2009/10/20/my-dell-laptop-is-trying-to-sell-me-a-new-battery/comment-page-1/#comment-426 Eric Biven Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:40:08 +0000 http://eric.biven.us/?p=302#comment-426 Well, a couple of weeks after this the laptop basically melted down. Dell came out three times to repair it (two new motherboards, new CPU, new RAM, new fans, new keyboard), but by the time the whole ordeal was done it wouldn't do anything but post and then beep like a dying animal. To Dell's credit they did a warranty replacement, though it took a few days longer than I would have liked. Well, a couple of weeks after this the laptop basically melted down. Dell came out three times to repair it (two new motherboards, new CPU, new RAM, new fans, new keyboard), but by the time the whole ordeal was done it wouldn’t do anything but post and then beep like a dying animal.

To Dell’s credit they did a warranty replacement, though it took a few days longer than I would have liked.

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