:::RHMT::: Real Home Made Turbo
General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: crxtuner on April 22, 2009, 05:54:31 PM
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So this company makes lack luster products and has been pissing me off in the little i have had to deal with them.
For a simple story and i will note it like this
-Girlfriend gets hp laptop as gift
-hp makes shitty product and when she goes back to school a year later and uses the laptop more it breaks
-apparantly her series is notorious for motherboard overheating issues and it causes deterioration of the wifi card causing it to be spotty for a few weeks then transitions over to not working. And eventually stops working all together.
-so it was recalled and they replaced the motherboard for free
-2 weeks later this "so called revision" in the motherboard that fixes the overheating issue really just means they replaced it with the same board as before.
-so i get a case manager, they tell me that within three days i will have a fedex box with shipping materials and that it will be free of cost
-so 2-3 weeks have gone by and im on the phone with them right now, with a case number that now apperantly doesn't exist and they are asking for 541.38usd to repair the laptop.
Cliffs*Hp go die like GM just withoutn goverment subsidization
/rant
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good luck, they did the same shit when my pc died and was under warrenty. 'Your pc is out of warranty and is outdated, you should really look into a new one I can offer you some great deals on HP shopping dot com' FUCK YOU HABEEB!
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My HP laptop is ok other than the touch pad scroll feature and the WI-FI needs the driver re-installed every now and again.
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My wifes hp laptop is working great.
My HP desktop is working great
weird.
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Laptops of all sorts are shitty, this is nothing new.
Yeah, I don't think there's a single brand that hasn't released a flawed one.
I laugh at the people that pay so much for their underpowered mac laptops only to find out they have bullshit flaws :P
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My Tablet PC is a HP and works great. A brand I really hate is toshiba. My girlfriend bought a toshiba 3 years ago and the HD was dead on purchase. Took 1 month to get it back and 6 month later the LCD was dead. Had to wait another 2 months ...
IBM FTW!
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welcome to consumer electronics ::)
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Most new laptops suck balls, one way or another. All are too damn fragile. That's why I'll be getting a Lenovo/IBM as my next tuning laptop. This dell is about to kick the bucket.
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I bought a Dell latitude D620 about 3 years ago. It was top of the line when new, and came in at 2k bucks. It's killed two batteries so far and I anticipate it needing a new one in 6-8 months. But other than that, it just works. Overall I've been happy with it. No crashing, no freezing up, nothing. I'll probably need a new laptop in a year or two, and when the time comes, if Dell is still building decent stuff, I'll buy another.
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I have a $500 hp laptop that's been great for the 1 year I've owned it. Free wifi from next door
and now tuning my paseo with the greddy emanage.
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I fix computers on the side and HP's are always shitty. I was actually impressed by the budget Len-something, I can't recall the name exactly but it was built sturdy and thing ran like a champ when I was done with it. Some HP's you cant even put on your lap they get so hot
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My toshiba lappy is about to get its 3rd HD in a 1.5yr so I know what you mean this sucks.
On the other hand my cheap ass Acer lappy I have had for 3yrs I have only replaced the RAM.
All my desk tops Gateway and Dell all shit themselves with in 2yr. each.
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Forgot to mention my HP also shuts down when I try tuning my car unless I run a power inverter to power the AC adaptor (couldnt find a DC adaptor that would work for some damn reason)
Don't know what the fuck thats all about, does fine till I get about to the end of my driveway and it turns off. Thought the battery was loose, nope, Fuck it, I can get around it, just looks funny with some cords hanging out of the door going to the trunk.
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i guess its who you ask, i think HP > Dell for sure.
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no name laptops = trash 100% of the time (this includes MSI, they should make mobos, not fucking entire systems)
my satelite is tight as fuck though, takes my cawk all the time so i give a thumb up for toysheeba
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Laptops of all sorts are shitty, this is nothing new.
Disagree. www.lenovo.com (http://)
I picked up a phone to say there was a problem with my laptop, Lenovo overnight shipped a box and overnight postage the same day. I packed the laptop up and shipped it, and it was back in my hands two and one half days later.
ok
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Disagree. www.lenovo.com (http://) (http://) (http://)
I picked up a phone to say there was a problem with my laptop, Lenovo overnight shipped a box and overnight postage the same day. I packed the laptop up and shipped it, and it was back in my hands two and one half days later.
ok
Thats service with a happy ending
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ok
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My T20 fucking owns.
Mom's T42 fucking owns.
IBM/Lenovo == /thread.
Oh, our HP shit out parts within a year, and now has phantom stuck keys. Fuck that pile of shit.
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on my 4 year old hp laptop right now and i have never had a single problem with it.
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So this company makes lack luster products and has been pissing me off in the little i have had to deal with them.
For a simple story and i will note it like this
-Girlfriend gets hp laptop as gift
-hp makes shitty product and when she goes back to school a year later and uses the laptop more it breaks
-apparantly her series is notorious for motherboard overheating issues and it causes deterioration of the wifi card causing it to be spotty for a few weeks then transitions over to not working. And eventually stops working all together.
-so it was recalled and they replaced the motherboard for free
-2 weeks later this "so called revision" in the motherboard that fixes the overheating issue really just means they replaced it with the same board as before.
-so i get a case manager, they tell me that within three days i will have a fedex box with shipping materials and that it will be free of cost
-so 2-3 weeks have gone by and im on the phone with them right now, with a case number that now apperantly doesn't exist and they are asking for 541.38usd to repair the laptop.
Cliffs*Hp go die like GM just withoutn goverment subsidization
/rant
I sent my wifes in for that, it was wayyy out of warranty but it was a recall so they fixed it. FYI it only affects the AMD MB's.
WHen i sent it in, on the sheet that came with the box, i also marked that it was missing a keyboard key, and left hinge was broken, they said they would call me with a price if there was anything over the MB replacement that was wrong with it.
Long story short, they never called me, 6 days after shipping it out, i had it back, with a new left hinge, new motherboard, new entire keyboard, new battery and new backside pretty screen cover... For free.....
I think its all in who you talk to and how you talk to them.
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my acer sucks ass. overheats and shuts down if its in my lap.
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my acer sucks ass. overheats and shuts down if its in my lap.
it's an acer....
but we are talking about hp's here so i guess its comparable.
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Mine did the same thing, first it wouldn't turn on. Damn thing got so hot it burnt my leg...then the wireless went bad...sent it back...got a new mother board. a few months later it did the same thing again...wireless on wireless off.....turn on sometimes not other times....i got fed up and bought a dell.
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Buy a mac.
Mac haters= stubborn in their ways.
Mac users= brand new computer worked like...............4 years later,,,,,,,, still working like that. With NO pop-ups, anti-virus, crashing.
Cmon' PC dudes, flame away flamers!
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my cheap ass compaq has worked great for the 300 it cost me. use it constantly, always on cuz i'm always dl'n or ul'n, run lots of progs and do a lot of shit on it and no complaints yet, works like a champ. btw most laptops are like cell phones, they are made to be short lived so you buy another one in a year or two
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Almost every 7th and 8th graders in my school district plus high school tech academy that I attend, all use the same HP laptops. I have done a lot of stupid shit to mine and it still works like a champ 9 months later. Battery life is still at 9 hours with an extended battery. Charged and drained 100% every day.
I guess it's all up to the user and how they take care of their shit. Any laptop with cpu cooling fan coming out the bottom will have an overheating issue cause dumbfucks like to put them on their beds/couches/other soft material. Why don't those fucks use common sense for once. It's like sticking a pillow in your face, and then wonder why the fuck you ran out of breath and died. 95% HP laptops have bottom mounted fans.
So,
1. Don't buy a laptop with a fucking fan on the bottom, make sure it's on the back or the side.
2. Take care of your shit, these are not made by honda so don't treat it like one.
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You still had to send it out though. That tells me there was something wrong with it... laptops are shitty.
Show me a single LCD screen that doesn't get a stuck pixel or two. LCDs are shitty. Lenovo laptops, their AMERICAN customer service, and warranty policy is not shitty.
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my acer sucks ass. overheats and shuts down if its in my lap.
When was the last time you cleaned the fan and side vents?
I clean mine every 3 mo.
I did have problems with Vista on my acer b/c I had a really early version.
After I deactivated all the b.s. trial software offers on my computer.
I found that my acer worked a hell of alot better when I unistalled Norton and McAfree, since both of them running at the same time freeze up my computer.
Use to be if look in my task manager I would have 71 process going now I have 44 process going.
I would go through a Gig. of RAM about every 6 mo. then after unistalling all the uneeded software my CPU was not maxing out.
Now if only I can get some better graphics my race games. ;D
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I have 5 LCD screen here and no dead pixel too. I bought my IBM 7 years ago and no dead pixel :P My girlfriend use it instead of her shitty Toshitba...
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I bought an ASUS for sick gaming capabilities. Overall a sweet laptop, although they have stupid keyboard filters that skip letters if I type too fast. I disabled them, but then my touchpad stopped locking when I had an external mouse plugged in...
That's my biggest complaint. The 4 gigs of DDR2 memory on 64bit vista, Cenrino 2 mobile processor and Nvidia Gforce 9800mobile work well with everything.
My next laptop will be a Lenovo though. We use one as our Motec tuning laptop at school... awesome machine.
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My Dell's LCD is still perfect 4 years later. Not a single dead pixel or anything. :-*
But the rest of the unit is falling apart around it...
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My HP laptop is ok other than the touch pad scroll feature and the WI-FI needs the driver re-installed every now and again.
those are the same 2 problems with mine, except the wifi problem is fixed with the new driver!
I like my hp laptop alot
2 dual core processors and 4 gigs of ram @ an insane price
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My Dell's LCD is still perfect 4 years later. Not a single dead pixel or anything. :-*
3 years on my LCD and it's fine. But this thing likes a new battery every 12-14 months though... Warranty paid for it though. Rather see a battery die than a HD. Dell's in general seem to have the most durable HD's. That's the main reason I got a Dell. (on a side note, I do need to backup some shit one day *just in case*)
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MY HP desktop is awesome quad core fast as shit no problems so far!
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macs are gay pieces of shit.
Hp has some good laptop and some bad.
the overheating issue is true with a lot of different brands, as for their customer service... sounds like a bunch of assholes and you should buy a different brand next time
i've had decent luck with dells, never called customer service though... i've had a couple latitudes and one worked for about 5 years without problems then took a shit and the one i have now is new and i havent' had any problems yet
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i loved the design on my first computer which was a HP but that thing used to be HOT AS FUCK. it burned me many times. which i always thought was my fault for alwyas leaving it on and plugged in and shit. eventually the mother board went to shit on it.
i just bought another one and i loved the price/desgin/features to much to say no just becuase of what i thought last time was "misuse" so i got it. i like this one alot also but well see. ive only had it for like a month
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my acer sucks ass. overheats and shuts down if its in my lap.
Take off the cover panel over the fan. Take off the other cover panel. Remove all the dust.
Been there, done that.
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My five year old vaio works like a champ. Had beer all over it, dropped, thrown, snuffx.com. Love this thing.
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i had a toshiba satelite with windows 95 on it. it was a pentium 1.
no dead pixels, hard drive was good, and the battery held its charge fr 3 freaking hours. it was one of the satelites. i used it for runing a linux server.
go fuck yourselfves.