Athena – in surgery
Dell tech’s here, on the 5th floor, working on my sweet baby. I solemnly vow to chop him into little pieces and smoke him if he messes with the hard drive in any way. I’ve set him up in another cubicle, one where I can look over and see what he’s doing, over his shoulder. Muhuhahaha…
I called Dell to report a hot battery, funky error on the ‘charging’ light, and the second AC adapter that’s frayed… and so they’re replacing the motherboard, heat sink, fan, and ac adapter. Notice, not the battery.
I’m a little concerned about replacing what were new parts in a well-cared-for laptop with what are, of course, refurbished parts, but I let him convince me that they really do troubleshoot the heck out of their refurbished parts. I’m still skeptical, but I’m 1 year into a 3-year warranty.
He has his own laptop with him. It looks like he’s got a visual display of his procedures. Actually, I’m not concerned with whether he’ll do a good job in replacing the parts – I’m concerned with the quality of the parts, themselves.
*whine* There are her guts. Okay, I admit it, I don’t mistrust him, but if he had to touch the innards of something that I cherish, couldn’t I give him a girl to mess with, instead?
No, don’t answer that.
EDIT
a girl: you just remember that your darling precious computer will never have breasts!
skennedy: I weep over that sad fact every day.
Is the battery even covered on that warranty?
Battery’s got a 1-yr, I believe. “Consumable” or some shit.
The email tech tried to say that if the battery didn’t charge, it wasn’t under warranty, I’m like “DUDE, IT CHARGES FINE, AND THEN EXPLODES. Hi, safety violation, how’ve you been?”
Class action lawsuit much?
(15:39:22) skennedycell: like my post?
(15:39:47) trasenstine: going now
(15:40:35) trasenstine: lol
(15:40:47) trasenstine: send him down here and Cranky Girl will make quick work of him
No, e laptop can have breasts.
they’e just a little flat…
Clearly, I need this technology.
Though, I freely admit that I’d be missing some very important components. For instance, the curve of the hip… shoulders to massage… a bum to spa– uhm, admire…
Clearly, I need this technology.
Clearly you do not, you breast junky!
*laugh* You only say this because I co-founded a community with the express and blatant purpose of seeing the naughty bits of my friends!
(reposted ’cause your icon requires a proper response)
That’s one reason!
and can I add “mrowr”?!
I’m a dell tech. he probably doesn’t know what the hell he’s doing.. Just thought I’d add that to your day.
To get certified you have to take a test on that type of PC. They state you should have their website open to the manual to take the test. A total retard could get Dell certified.
*grin* You say the sweetest things.
I really should have just told her I was a dell tech myself, and had them send me the parts.
LOL Yeah. I try. I’ve changed out laptop motherboards half dozen times so far. Never had a problem. So really I’m sure it will be ok. I just really wanted to tease you some.
*grins and winks* jerk. :)
Actually, he just called me over to show me the replacement work he did, and the cleaning out of the dust filters and such. He seems like a very nice tech.
Thou really what I said about how you get certified is true. It’s so easy it’s stupid. The cost is what prohibits it in most cases.
It’s expensive?
I think my work pays about $400 per year for me.
Look at it this way: At least the refurbished parts have ever been tested. The new parts? Not so much?
i was about to tear you a new one. lj’s circuits must be messed up because when i saw this post, instead of your icon, it had my Amadeus icon! you’re lucky i refreshed the page!!!!