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Trevor
Joined: 16 Nov 2005
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 Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 7:21 am Post subject: I got in touch with my inner Spliff today |
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Went to the hole-in-the-wall computer shop today to pick up my custom box. Let my tell you why I am glad I didn't take Spliff's advice and order a truckload of boxes from Danawa to save seventy five bucks on my system.
First off, they are just starting to build it when I arrive at the scheduled time to pick it up (typical Koreans doing everyything at the last minute. No surprise).
-- The technician proceeds to fry the brand new Intel P35 mobo RIGHT BEFORE MY EYES.
They pull a new one and tell me the power supply they sold me also doesn't work so they swap that out, too.
THANK GOD THESE TWO MISHAPS WEREN'T ON MY DIME. HEAR THAT, SPLIFF?
The engineer then proceeded to spend three hours putting my system together. Granted, I made some modifications; asked for an extra hard drive, changed the RAM, etc.
In the end I walked out with one hell of an audio recording PC, formatted with English XP (free) configured with all the correct drivers and working perfectly.
I am so glad I didn't put this thing together myself. They worked on it for three hours for free and loaded windows AND ate the cost of the fried mobo and power supply. I would have been a very unhappy waygook if I had tried to put this thing together myself.  |
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Temporary
Joined: 13 Jan 2008
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| Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 1:51 pm Post subject: |
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Techs in this country have about as much qualification and skills to be a tech as much as I have to be a brain surgeon. K-Techs.. They make a mess of everything, at my school their solution to everything is format... Yey make teachers loose countless hours of work. Bunch of amature noobs.
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cubanlord
Joined: 08 Jul 2005
Location: In Japan!
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| Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 2:11 pm Post subject: |
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| Are you referring to Korean Techs or us, temporary? |
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hanguker
Joined: 16 Mar 2005
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 2:16 pm Post subject: |
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| Oi! I've been buying "boxes" from Danawa for years. Perhaps I've been lucky, but I've never had a bad device delivered. I also take great pride in putting my own system together...without frying motherboards. |
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cbclark4
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Location: Masan
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| Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 2:45 pm Post subject: |
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| They fried your MOBO and you call that a good experience? |
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spliff
Joined: 19 Jan 2004
Location: Khon Kaen, Thailand
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| Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 2:59 pm Post subject: |
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Probably a 75,000 MoBO at that, not a big loss.  |
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IlIlNine
Joined: 15 Jun 2005
Location: Gunpo, Gyonggi, SoKo
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| Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 4:04 pm Post subject: |
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| They just RMA it... no loss on their part. |
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Trevor
Joined: 16 Nov 2005
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| Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 5:00 pm Post subject: |
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$130 for an Intel DP35DP. Decent, I think.
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| Probably a 75,000 MoBO at that, not a big loss. |
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Trevor
Joined: 16 Nov 2005
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| Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 5:02 pm Post subject: |
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Oh, I'm sure he was just a salesman with a screwdriver. Nonetheless, I left happy. I have no idea whether the fried mobo was their fault or not. I am just glad it wasn't mine.
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| Techs in this country have about as much qualification and skills to be a tech as much as I have to be a brain surgeon. K-Techs.. They make a mess of everything, at my school their solution to everything is format... Yey make teachers loose countless hours of work. Bunch of amature noobs. |
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spliff
Joined: 19 Jan 2004
Location: Khon Kaen, Thailand
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| Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 5:11 pm Post subject: |
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| Trevor wrote: |
$130 for an Intel DP35DP. Decent, I think.
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| Probably a 75,000 MoBO at that, not a big loss. |
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106,000.00 KRW = 111.933 USD |
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Trevor
Joined: 16 Nov 2005
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| Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 5:25 pm Post subject: |
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...sigh.... 
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| Trevor wrote: |
$130 for an Intel DP35DP. Decent, I think.
| spliff wrote: |
| Probably a 75,000 MoBO at that, not a big loss. |
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106,000.00 KRW = 111.933 USD |
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Demophobe
Joined: 17 May 2004
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| Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 11:13 pm Post subject: Re: I got in touch with my inner Spliff today |
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| Trevor wrote: |
Went to the hole-in-the-wall computer shop today to pick up my custom box. Let my tell you why I am glad I didn't take Spliff's advice and order a truckload of boxes from Danawa to save seventy five bucks on my system.
First off, they are just starting to build it when I arrive at the scheduled time to pick it up (typical Koreans doing everyything at the last minute. No surprise).
-- The technician proceeds to fry the brand new Intel P35 mobo RIGHT BEFORE MY EYES.
They pull a new one and tell me the power supply they sold me also doesn't work so they swap that out, too.
THANK GOD THESE TWO MISHAPS WEREN'T ON MY DIME. HEAR THAT, SPLIFF?
The engineer then proceeded to spend three hours putting my system together. Granted, I made some modifications; asked for an extra hard drive, changed the RAM, etc.
In the end I walked out with one hell of an audio recording PC, formatted with English XP (free) configured with all the correct drivers and working perfectly.
I am so glad I didn't put this thing together myself. They worked on it for three hours for free and loaded windows AND ate the cost of the fried mobo and power supply. I would have been a very unhappy waygook if I had tried to put this thing together myself. |
Fine. Also, to be fair, it needs to be said that you missed an opportunity to learn and if something else goes south, you are none the wiser to diagnose it yourself. So it goes both ways.
Things go wrong. As I said to the 2 people I have done recent builds for, it seems the failure rate is getting higher in technology and yes, I concur, it almost makes more sense to have it built for you.
Then, I am speaking as one who has built a boatload of systems and for me, there is almost left to learn from a home build. (I had a recent problem due to an oversight of mine, the PSU was too weak, but in my own defense, the owner had had a string of bad PSUs and I really didn't want to tell him he needed a new one. And I thought he said 375w, not 325.)
If I didn't know anything about building, I would still do it myself. Maybe in the parking lot or something LOL, to save travel time in the event of a problem, but I would do it myself. |
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Trevor
Joined: 16 Nov 2005
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| Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 11:19 pm Post subject: Re: I got in touch with my inner Spliff today |
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Actually, I learned quite a bit by watching. On their dime, moreover. Learning what it's like to fry a mobo is something I can take a vicarious lesson in.
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| Trevor wrote: |
Went to the hole-in-the-wall computer shop today to pick up my custom box. Let my tell you why I am glad I didn't take Spliff's advice and order a truckload of boxes from Danawa to save seventy five bucks on my system.
First off, they are just starting to build it when I arrive at the scheduled time to pick it up (typical Koreans doing everyything at the last minute. No surprise).
-- The technician proceeds to fry the brand new Intel P35 mobo RIGHT BEFORE MY EYES.
They pull a new one and tell me the power supply they sold me also doesn't work so they swap that out, too.
THANK GOD THESE TWO MISHAPS WEREN'T ON MY DIME. HEAR THAT, SPLIFF?
The engineer then proceeded to spend three hours putting my system together. Granted, I made some modifications; asked for an extra hard drive, changed the RAM, etc.
In the end I walked out with one hell of an audio recording PC, formatted with English XP (free) configured with all the correct drivers and working perfectly.
I am so glad I didn't put this thing together myself. They worked on it for three hours for free and loaded windows AND ate the cost of the fried mobo and power supply. I would have been a very unhappy waygook if I had tried to put this thing together myself. |
Fine. Also, to be fair, it needs to be said that you missed an opportunity to learn and if something else goes south, you will be none the wiser to diagnose it yourself. So it goes both ways. |
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Demophobe
Joined: 17 May 2004
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| Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 11:25 pm Post subject: Re: I got in touch with my inner Spliff today |
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| Trevor wrote: |
| Actually, I learned quite a bit by watching. On their dime, moreover. Learning what it's like to fry a mobo is something I can take a vicarious lesson in. |
I think you are missing my point.
Anyways...
As long as you are happy, that's all that counts but there is no need to dis spliff. I and many others agree totally with his ideas and ways (buy cheap, build yourself), but again, that's of no consequence to you. |
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bassexpander
Joined: 13 Sep 2007
Location: Someplace you'd rather be.
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| Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 3:06 am Post subject: |
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Built a few boxes for myself in the past... have no interest in doing it myself anymore, for above mentioned reasons.
Also, I'm getting old and lazy. |
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