RMA Time :O
Posted 09-05-07 at 07:46 AM by prosser13
Well, my DS3 became faulty, so I'm just off to ship it off to Scan Computers for a replacement...
Basically, after working fine for a few weeks after buying it off Niko it decided to hate me by making loud electrical whining noises after being on and in Windows for a few minutes and then freezing and shutting down. Once the noises had started they would start up on restart, the BIOS would freeze and artefact, not nice in general.
If I left it for a few hours I could get a couple of minutes out of it, so I checked the PSU rails and they were all fine. I tried my PCI testing graphics card and the same noise, tried resetting the CMOS, no luck.
So I'm going to walk down to the Post Office and post it - First Class Recorded for about £5...
Hopefully - fingers crossed - they'll send out a replacement without messing around too much.
Basically, after working fine for a few weeks after buying it off Niko it decided to hate me by making loud electrical whining noises after being on and in Windows for a few minutes and then freezing and shutting down. Once the noises had started they would start up on restart, the BIOS would freeze and artefact, not nice in general.
If I left it for a few hours I could get a couple of minutes out of it, so I checked the PSU rails and they were all fine. I tried my PCI testing graphics card and the same noise, tried resetting the CMOS, no luck.
So I'm going to walk down to the Post Office and post it - First Class Recorded for about £5...
Hopefully - fingers crossed - they'll send out a replacement without messing around too much.
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That sucks. I have luckily never had to RMA anything (fingers crosssed). Good luck with it.Posted 09-05-07 at 11:58 PM by dhrandy
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Cheers.
I've only ever had to RMA a Seagate drive before I think, so not exactly a pro
Posted 09-06-07 at 05:39 PM by prosser13
