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Dell Support is in Chennai India (Reply to this comment)
by truthseeker7
You've probably noticed, but the person on the Dell Support line is indeed Indian. The lady I spoke to recently told me "America is a dream to us in India." I asked where she was specifically, and she replied "Chennai". She also said how little they are paid by Dell.
Where's that you ask?
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=553
ON TO MY ISSUE:
My 5-month-old Dell Dimension 8300 made a loud, electrical-sounding "pop" the other day. Kind of like a fuse blowing. Then there was the electrical-burning smell coming from the rear of the computer. Not a good sign at all. Needless to say, my computer is 100% DEAD. And, yes, I have an APC 725 Power Backup / Surge Protector that is STILL functioning normally.
I called Dell Support who, after 30 minutes of discussing my issue, told me that I had to contact their Customer Support group to arrange for a replacement computer to be sent -- basically, Dell Support could not help. Fine waste of time that was.
After speaking to Customer Support (yes, another Indian only a MUCH harder accent to understand than the first person) told me it would take 10 days at a minimum to build me a new replacement computer. They also told me to check their support site in 3-4 days and that I would see an order created for my replacement computer. Well, 4 days later I logged into their support site but didn't see the order. So, I called once again and (after sitting on hold for 14 minutes) was told that my computer had NOT even BEGUN assembly ... and that it would be 10 days from TODAY. Do that math: that's a total of 14 days at a bare minimum to get my the replacement computer at my door.
Did I mention my On-Site Plan that I purchased? Well, that was another complete waste of time since my issue was likely electrical related. While I understand the reasons why, it still SUCKS that my business (and personal agendas) are DEAD IN THE WATER while Dell takes their sweet a$$ time to replace THIER piece of crap LEMON of a computer. It was only 5 months old!!!
More importantly, I personally know 2 other people who've had the EXACT same experience of a "pop" sound, burning smell and subsequent system shutdown.
Dell Support sucks. They need to put more power in their back-end as they do in their presence / sales.
**** END ****
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Aug 04 '04
3:04 pm PDT
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Helpfull Hints (Reply to this comment)
by stratafire
If I where you people, I would be "recording" my audio conversations with the Dell representative for legal matters, and sending copies to Mr. Dell's e-mail account (if I could find it) "without" personalized comments that could be construed as "defamation" of character or verbal language that can be thought of in legal terms as being "mentally abusive".
Then I would wait a timely manner for a reply and if none is present, I would then send a copy of the recordings and a statement to the better business bureau and my local governor, If that got no response , then I would start a petition and setup guidelines that state that all conversations wither they be phone or through mail, are to be recorded and backed up for legal reasons. then when enough people have signed, I would then take this matter to a corporate prosecution lawyer and let him or her take there to represent those who signed the petition and supplied statements to the fact.
Its really the only way to bend the arm of someone who no longer cares about customer service, You have to bring it into the media spotlight, and pursue it through the court system in order to cause it to become a threat to Dells bottom line. if it can do this, then it will be settled out of court, will it cause changes ? that the 64 million dollar question right? But at least you accomplished something.
The Rules about recording apply differently for a home user then it does for a business, You "can" record your converstions without telling the business you are talking to that they are being recorded (The business has to tell you though) It only take piping it through your computer to accomplish this.
Good Luck
StrataFire
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Jun 02 '04
2:57 pm PDT
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Dell is a joke (Reply to this comment)
by andyarkin
I used to love my Dell. a laptop. i would tell people to buy one.
Well, that just changed. this week i bought another dell. it won't connect to the network in my office. i also bought an extended warranty.
WHAT A JOKE.
they may want to hire people that can speak english. and possibly they may want to have phone lines where the person does not cut out.
finally, they might think about getting their act together and have support that supports.
remember the shell game? that is DELL.
it is the WORST experience i have ever had. i thought i would save some money but i am going back to another MAC. absolutely no problems with them. they speak english, they answer questions and they get it right.
jeff--it is good you are rich because if you had to deal with your own company, you would hang up on them.
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May 26 '04
9:28 am PDT
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NEVER BUY FROM DELL (Reply to this comment)
by vandi423
First off, DELL SUPPORT SUCKS! They never answer your questions. I asked five different tech support questions and I got the same response every single time. DELL SUPPORT = INDIANS with SCRIPTS
I thought maybe it was just a fluke and so I ordered a NEW Dimension XPS. The system cost me $3,500! But when I got it the DAMN thing wouldn't even turn on. $3,500 and they don't even test these things. It turned out to be a BAD motherboard but I returned it. But it took me 3 weeks of fighting just to return the damn thing! If that was DELL "Quality" then I can imagine what other kinds of problems I would have down the road.
I found a local custom system builder here in Los Angeles and so far they've been great. I think its: http://www.zone-5.net
At least they actually test their systems before they even ship them. I do a lot of gaming and so far I have had ZERO problems with the system.
So if you're in the market for a new system then give a local custom system builder a try. They're probably better than what you will find stores.
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Mar 04 '04
9:46 am PST
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DON'T BUY FROM DELL (Reply to this comment)
by vandi423
First off, DELL SUPPORT SUCKS! They never answer your questions. I asked five different tech support questions and I got the same response every single time. DELL SUPPORT = INDIANS with SCRIPTS
I thought maybe it was just a fluke and so I ordered a NEW Dimension XPS. The system cost me $3,500! But when I got it the DAMN thing wouldn't even turn on. $3,500 and they don't even test these things. It turned out to be a BAD motherboard but I returned it. But it took me 3 weeks of fighting just to return the damn thing! If that was DELL "Quality" then I can imagine what other kinds of problems I would have down the road.
I found a local custom system builder here in Los Angeles and so far they've been great. I got a REAL high quality system from them. I think its: http://www.zone-5.net
At least they actually test their systems before they even ship them. I do a lot of gaming and so far I have had ZERO problems with the system.
So if you're in the market for a new system then give a local custom system builder a try. They're probably better than what you will find stores.
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Mar 04 '04
9:42 am PST
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My opinion. SKIP Dell's poor quality. (Reply to this comment)
by john8510
I am a student at the University in the midewst I purchased an Inspiron laptop with the expectation that I was buying a quality computer from Dell. I am a graduate student in the technology field and also work at user support at the University. I take excellent care of my computer equipment, including this laptop. I have purchased two other computers from Dell in the last 7 years and have had not problems until now. I purchased this laptop a little over a year ago and now it is ultimately useless. The motherboard went out in late November and after emailing Dell User Support they have confirmed that the motherboard has to be replaced in my "quality" laptop. I paid 1,350 dollars for a (paperweight) laptop that only lasted a little over a year. I do not have an extended warranty with this laptop and Dell says that it is not their problem that my laptop only lasted a little over a year. I find it particularly disturbing that a quality computer can only last a year, which leads me to believe there is an issue of quality at hand. Dell customer support and technical support is absolutely horrible. They lie, hang up, and give you the run around.
Word of advice. Don't buy a dell computer, they used to be good but now everything is extremely poor about the dell company.
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Feb 23 '04
10:30 pm PST
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DELL REALLY SUCKS -- DO A GOOGLE ON DELL SUCKS (Reply to this comment)
by auser2323
SUMMARY: DELL WILL TAKE YOUR MONEY, AND GIVE
YOU GARBAGE IN RETURN. IN SOME CASES, THEY
SIMPLY TAKE YOUR MONEY!!!
HINT: GUESS WHY THESE PILE OF JUNKS AREN'T
SOLD IN STORES??? HINT: LOCAL CONSUMER LAWS
SOULDN'T TOLERATE THE RIPOFF PRACTICES
BEING PERPETRATED ON CONSUMERS!!!
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I took delivery of a DELL INSIPIDON 5100, it was
DEAD after 2 hours of use!!!!
After talking to some outsourced tech jerk who
1. Couldnt care less 2. Could barely speak English
3. Took over 90 minutes to convince him that the
machine was broken, i was shipped a box.
I shipped the INSIPIDON 5100 in said box, and haven't
seen the f**cking thing since!!!! I called DELL, and was
placed in DELL PERMA-HOLD HELL several times. So much
so, that the NiMH batteries on my cordless phone gave out!!
After destroying my corless phone batteries, and being
on the phone for more than an hour, I was finally able
to talk to some outsourced idiot who said that he
doesn't know the status of my machine!!!! I even had
to show the dope how to confirm the delivery to
DELL via the airborne.com tracking website!!!
WHAT A F**CKING JOKE!!!
TO TOP IT OFF, I'M AT HOME, WITH NO COMPUTER, AND $1,200 LESS IN THE BANK!!!
I FEEL THAT I'VE JUST BEEN SCAMMED!!!
DELL used to have a "burn-in" process where
they ran systems for a period of time to check if it would truly work ***BEFORE*** shipping.
NOW it seem that these bastards are shipping systems that pass preliminary checks only.
Michael Dell, YOU MORON!!! You hired some stupid
bean-counting equally MORONIC M.B.A. who thought that Dell could offload the final Q.A. to the public???!!!
Well F***CK YOU, SC*MBAG!!!!!! It was the individual consumers who placed your machines in corporate desktops in the first place!!!!
Word travels fast, MR. SC**MBAG!! and I for one am
going out of my way to relay my story!!!
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Jan 26 '04
1:40 am PST
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Word to the Wise (Reply to this comment)
by madeuthink
I failed to do my homework before plunging into the abiss of the dell hell buying experience..Never Again! I am not only an frequent online buyer of everything from cars to hobbie supplies, but also an e-business owner, Our recent buying experience with Dell computers is the worst I have ever had, almost incomprehensable that they can treat customers who have spent hundreds/thousands of dollors in this manner. Now, nearly a month later, Dell still refusing to address or reply to the issue of our incorrect monitor & missing parts to the package we purchased as a x-mas gift, ..tired of talking to CS reps that are actually in India & make promises they never keep, even simple ones like calling back..my word to the wise, spend your hard earned $$ elsewhere..anywhere but at Dell! My only hope is that they survive as a company long enough for my factory warranty to run out..not that they would honor it anyway when this piece of junk takes a dump...MUT
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Jan 12 '04
12:49 am PST
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Dell Sucks big time Dont buy Dell Dell lies (Reply to this comment)
by dellbullshet
Oh this is the worse online buying saga I have ever had. Continual going from person to person each person cancelled the previous persons order. Just one lie after another.
I buy many things online but Dell is the worse I have ever been treated. They completely messed up Christmas at my house.
Never buy Dell!
Never Buy Dell
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Dec 23 '03
9:05 am PST
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DELL Financing and Customer Services SUCKS! (Reply to this comment)
by epthomas
I recently purchased a laptop from Dell on their preferred account package and was given 2k of credit to purchase a laptop. I was supposed to get interest free for 6 months which was a lark on the third invoice I received a finance charge representing 63% of the monthly charge of 44 which if added up the monthly charge was actually 72.00 and changewhich comes out to 23% yearly! When I called to speak with someone I was redirected to a call center in India and in very broken Eenglish was advised that I did not qualify for the preferred rate! I nearly fell over since I already had it for 2 months, and under this "NEW" development was pretty upset. I was told it was not their problem check with the credit reporting agencies. I did and they never ran the report so I wrote a letter and sent backup and again was told not our problem sorry we won't change the program.... All from India! I demanded to speak to a supervisor and was conveniently put on hold for a long time.... Only to be advised that if I had a problem call the big 3 reporting agencies! I wanted to know how can they arbitrarily change my purchase program after I have the system in house? "Sorry can't help you, call the reporting company"
MORAL of this story "Dude your getting screwed!" if you use any Dell purchase option. It's organized white collar crime!
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Oct 30 '03
10:46 am PST
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Rather than simply say DELL sucks, I'll stick to the facts . . . (Reply to this comment)
by summars
I've learned that the main thing about buying a computer is not
to just consider price or whether it is the utmost highest quality,
but whether the company will honor their warranties and provide
a product that was touted as a "Premium" "top-of-the-line"
"Rock-Solid" system with "Award Winning Customer Service".
When things go wrong, that may well be when the nightmare begins.
I know not all DELLs are lemons, but in good conscience,
I could never recommend DELL based on
my experience with DELL and how they gave me the
royal-run-around on my DELL 8100 notebook (lemon)
and the 15 part failures in 19 months . . .
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I purchased a DELL notebook that DELL touted as a "Rock-Solid" system backed by "Award Winning Service", but it is a lemon notebook.
My DELL notebook has had 15 part-failures/part-replacements in 19 months.
That's an appalling average of 1 failure every 38 days ( or 0.8 failures per month ).
I had video problems for over a year, and still have video problems.
The video LCD/back-light turned pink and then turned black 4 days after the 3-year-complete-care warranty expired ( and DELL refuses to repair it, despite the ongoing video problems that existed for over a year before the warranty expired 18-Oct-2003 ).
And, I won't even go into the DELL Technical Support problems yet. Let's just say it was "NightMare on DELL Street". I've requested repairs, replacements, and refund many times, but all requests for a refund were denied. DELL attempted many times (14) to repair the notebook, but was never able to completely resolve the problems (as you can see below by the repair history) . . .
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SUMMARY of 15 FAILURES/REPAIRS in 19 months ( purchased for $4208 ):
Replaced 1 time: notebook (Service Tags: for i7500: 2H0440B, for i8100:93DH811) 05/30/2002;
Replaced 3 times: motherboard: 05/20/2002,06/06/2002,12/16/2002;
Replaced 3 times: CD/DVD drive: 03/22/2002,03/25/2002,05/21/2002;
Replaced 2 times: hard disk drive: 03/21/2002,05/22/2002;
Replaced 2 times: keyboard: 05/22/2002,05/24/2002;
Replaced 1 time: lid latch: 05/22/2002;
Replaced 2 times: video card: 1/10/2003,5/9/2003 ,
Missing: 2nd battery missing with 2nd notebook replacement despite two batteries were purchased and returned with 1st notebook;
Malfunction: repeated video problems and system lock-ups (since received); probably due to infamous infinite loop in nv4_disp.dll ( NVIDIA video card device driver ) since system was received May-2002 ; replaced NVIDIA GeForce2Go-16mb with ATI Radeon-7500-M7-64MB video card/driver: 5/9/2003
Malfunction: LCD back-light failed (22-Oct-2003) 4 days after 3-year-complete-care-warranty expired (18-Oct-2003)
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Good customer service will become paramount when things go wrong.
I can't say my experience with DELL lived up to the level of the
"Award Winning Customer Service" DELL touts it to be
(in dealing with my lemon).
If you call DELL tech support, you most likely will get the
royal run-around. DELL will probably:
(1) tell you that other customers don't have the problem.
(2) give you some lengthy exercises to perform; and if the problem
takes a while to reproduce, all the better
(3) shift the blame to video card, disk drive, chip manufacturer, Microsoft, or you
(4) perhaps guess at a part to replace ( usually the wrong one )
(5) tell you to re-format the hard disk (this is their favorite), and
(6) re-install the operating system (this is their 2nd favorite....
.... hee hee hee .... that'll keep 'em busy for a while).
(7) remove and re-install device drivers
(8) disable various operating system features (lame)
(9) reduce performance settings and / or resolution / or power options
(e.g. disable auto Power-Down)
(10) download and try one of a dozen different driver versions
(11) and generally, wear you down ( especially with the
poor English of the Tech Support persons in India and Asia ), and
(12) hope you will become discouraged and go away
So, Buyer Beware. . .be sure to 1st check (I wish I had) the following customer feedback sites regarding customer service, because, if
you get a lemon, the integrity of the Customer Service will be the
major factor:
http://www.bbbonline.org/
http://www.consumerreports.org/
http://www.consumeraffairs.com/
http://www.planetfeedback.com/
http://www.epinions.com/
http://www.complaintbook.com/
http://www.ripoffreport.com/
http://www.thesqueakywheel.com/
http://www.uspeakout.com/
http://www.baddealings.com/
http://www.fightback.com/
http://www.ftc.gov/ftc/consumer.htm
http://baycomputers.us/pgms/Dell%20Computers.htm
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Oct 29 '03
3:56 pm PST
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Rather than simply say DELL sucks, I'll stick to the facts . . . (Reply to this comment)
by summars
Rather than simply say DELL sucks, I'll stick to the facts.
My DELL notebook (lemon) has had 15 part failure/replacements in the last 19 months.
That's 1 failure every 38 days ( or 0.8 failures per month).
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SUMMARY of 15 FAILUREs/REPAIRs of notebook originally purchased for $4208 :
Replaced 1 time: Notebook (Service Tags: for i7500: 2H0440B, for i8100:93DH811) 05/30/2002;
Missing: 2nd battery missing with 2nd notebook replacement
despite Two batteries were purchased with 1st notebook;
Replaced 3 times: Motherboard: 05/20/2002,06/06/2002,12/16/2002;
Replaced 3 times: CD/DVD drive: 03/22/2002,03/25/2002,05/21/2002;
Replaced 2 times: Hard disk drive: 03/21/2002,05/22/2002;
Replaced 2 times: Keyboard: 05/22/2002,05/24/2002;
Replaced 1 time: Lid latch: 05/22/2002;
Replaced 2 times: Video card: 1/10/2003,5/9/2003 ,
Malfunction: video problems and system lock-ups (since received) due to infamous
infinite loop in nv4_disp.dll ( NVIDIA video card device driver ) for over 12 months
(May-2002 to May-2003); problem persisted since system was received
May-2002 ; finally, after much protesting, DELL replaced
NVIDIA GeForce2Go with ATI Radeon (5/9/2003)
Malfunction: 22-Oct-2003: LCD back-light is switching OFF after startup;
back-light failed 5 days after 3-year-complete-care-warranty expired 17-Oct-2003, and DELL refuses to fix it, despite
the video problems I was having for over 12 months.
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And how about that "Award Winning Support" ( LOL ).
I want to barf every time I see one of those c o r n-b a l l DELL commercials
about how "rock-solid" DELL computers are. That has not been my experience.
I have also (like countless others) run the gauntlet through DELL's
tech support.
If you call DELL tech support, you will get the royal run-around. DELL will:
(1) tell you that other customers don't have the problem.
(2) give you some lengthy exercises to perform; and if the problem
takes a while to reproduce, all the better
(3) shift the blame to video card, disk drive, chip manufacturer, Microsoft, or you
(4) perhaps guess at a part to replace ( usually the wrong one )
(5) tell you to re-format the hard disk (this is their favorite), and
(6) re-install the operating system (this is their 2nd favorite....
hee hee hee....that'll keep 'em busy for a while).
(7) remove and re-install device drivers
(8) disable various operating system features (lame)
(9) reduce performance settings and / or resolution / or power options
(e.g. disable auto Power-Down)
(10) download and try one of a dozen different driver versions
(11) and generally, wear you down ( especially with the
poor English of the Tech Support persons in India and Asia ), and
(12) hope you will become discouraged and go away
_______________________________________
I've owned about a dozen computers over the past 20 years that total,
ALL PUT TOGETHER, did not have the total number of problems that
this one single stinkin' piece of DELL lemon has had.
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Oct 27 '03
6:46 pm PST
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DELL SERVICE _SUUUUUUUKS_ DONT DO IT! (Reply to this comment)
by ----------
Anyone in there...? Dell?
Please read the below and my case: SERVICE TAG:BS75531.
1. My OS goes down and Dell walks me through a process that effective prevents my being able to retreive my novel and grad school material.
2. the OS physical CD is shown to be defective so Dell sends me the "drivers" CD.
3. My CD DVD ROM stops working and I ask for a writable CD instead of the DVD so that I can back up my material, so Dell sends me a case of writable compact discs.
4. without the ability to play a cd, Dell finally sends the OS
I can not network since the OS needs to be reinstalled. I can not print. I can not presently play a CD. I can not fix the machine freezes, keyboard issues or anything else until I have the CD ROM to reinstall the OS......
Ok, here is the "Really" tricky part...stay with me on this.....I want DELL to send me a WRITABLE CD "DRIVE" (replacing my defective DVD CD ROM drive) so that I can backup my material before reloading the OS and before anything else happens to my machine. (I know the drivers are online and for some reason my wireless connection is still going.) I _know_ that the system came with a DVD CDROM. I bought the computer. I have it in my posession, and yet every single person I speak with restates this simple point, completely missing the fact that _THIS IS THE LEAST_ Dell can do for me for the headache I continue to endure on a daily basis on account of my Dell Inspiron 1100.
If you can not help me with this simple request, please find a manager or someone else who can. I am sooooooo very tired of being passed back and forth back and forth through the Dell systems.
Dealing with Dell has been like a like a Twilight Zone episode. Time is ticking. I bought this system to carry me through Grad school, but so far it is damaging my grades since I have been repeatedly unable to turn in work.
-j-
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Dear ---,
Thank you for contacting Dell Technical Support.
---, previous technician is not currently available to respond to your message, so in order to expedite your resolution I have taken ownership of your issue! I have reviewed your situation and have full knowledge of your past interactions. Let me assure you that both Dell and I are committed to a quick and complete
resolution of your issue.
---, according to our database only DVD drive was shipped with the system. And the dispatch was set up for the same. If you have not ordered the DVD drive while ordering the system you need to contact customer care. Dell eSupport & Services does not handle customer order, credit and return issues.
We assure you of our best services at all times.
Thank you for choosing Dell.
Respectfully,
~~Christina~~
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Jenifer
Well, remember how I mentioned that no one at Dell (when I call) appears to understand a thing I say? And remember my story about the two day process I went through to receive a CR-RW drive instead of the DVD CD ROM replacement so that this time I can back up my information before reloading WinXP? The final person I spoke with assured me he handled everything. I even received a call telling me that the drive would be a little late (as I mentioned in my last email).
Surprise, today I receive my CD-R...or...an entire case of writable CDs! No drive in sight. Hmm?
So, going back to your point about my troubles thus far not being indicative of Dell's overall service? Does this mean that I now have to go back to the phone system and start all over to get this little thing handled? And when I call will I receive someone who can actually help me with this issue the way you have so nicely walked me through the software issues?
Any way this can be handled via email?
:thanks
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Simon,
Thanks for the response. Well, since last I wrote I have also had the pleasure of becoming acquainted with Dell 800 numbers, and have enjoyed many pleasant hours dispatching my name address telephone number and email address to people who don't appear to understand a word I'm saying. Today alone I got to spend a pleasant Boulder morning becoming more acquainted with the phone system after being passed from tech support, to financial services (they were shooting for sales), to sales who thought I should speak with customer care and transferred me wrongly to tech support who transferred me to customer care who said someone named Sharon or Maribelle or Mary Bell was my woman and transferred me there, only sent me to the general number that was picked up by sales who told me I needed extension 66955 and transferred me there, but actually sent me to tech support again and they, in hopes of conferencing me in to make sure I wouldn't be lost transferred me to a manager, but actually hung up. So, I had the pleasure of starting all over and after I lost my temper discovered that all managers were in a meeting, the phone system was bugging out and the Dell internal network was being updated our was down and so everyone only had a little information they could tell me.
After many tries with a customer care technician to get my latest issue resolved, he apparently didn't know the difference between a cd rom, a cd rw, and a dvd cd rom, I got the entire thing settled and I haven't a clue what to expect in the mail.
And good timing, when I returned from several hours at the local Kinkos trying to understand why my Dell would not connect to the network or print anything, I received the crucial software sent to replace the corrupted Discs Dell provided with my computer. Unfortunately though, they forgot to include the operating system so I obviously can not load anything without an operating system. And because of this, I got to spend the afternoon skipping through the 800 numbers, being hung up on, getting transferred to the wrong people, and generally feeling harassed by having to restate my information like a prisoner to Dell personnel.
My keyboard skips around, my os freezes, Internet Explorer does not work with Win XP without crashing every few minutes, my CD rom stopped working, I no longer connect with the network via ethernet, I can't print, the previous OS took all of my software with it.
Everything here looks about under control. I am willing to give it another week and then I will probably, sadly, have to say good bye to my wonderful Dell laptop with it's hearty Toshiba drives. It really looks great sitting there on the desk with the sunlight gleaming off the casing just so, but a little voice somewhere deep inside keeps telling me that perhaps, sitting there all day like that, it might not be able to offer much to the forward advancement of my writing or my plummeting grades in grad school (they just don't appear amused by the antics that have become such a part of my daily life).
Not sure what sort of help you can provide, immaculate intervention perhaps?
Sincerely,
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P.S. Since the link you sent is for installation instructions and you understand that my disc drive is not functioning properly, they will not possibly be as effective as the online download I was requesting. Thanks.
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Sep 20 '03
10:58 am PDT
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Rather than simply say DELL sucks, I'll stick to the facts: (Reply to this comment)
by summars
Rather than simply say DELL sucks, I'll stick to the facts;
Consider the following history of my DELL notebook:
[] replaced 1 time: notebook (Service Tags: for i7500: 2H0440B, for i8100:93DH811) replaced: 05/30/2002
[] replaced 3 times: motherboard: 05/20/2002,06/06/2002,12/16/2002
[] replaced 3 times: CD/DVD drive: 03/22/2002,03/25/2002,05/21/2002
[] replaced 2 times: hard disk drive: 03/21/2002,05/22/2002
[] replaced 2 times: keyboard: 05/22/2002,05/24/2002
[] replaced 1 time: lid latch: 05/22/2002
[] replaced 1 time: video card: 1/10/2003
[] and I got cheated out of one battery when the first notebook was replaced,
despite fact that I bought two batteries with first notebook.
[] system locks up (since received) due to infamous infinite loop in
nv4_disp.dll ( NVIDIA video card device driver ).
The other day I called (about the 10th time)
DELL Tech support about the video problem
I've had since the day I received the notebook.
Here's what happened:
DELL case # 037363588
(1) 04-Apr-2003: Called DELL technical support
about persistent crashing problem caused by
well known "infamous infinite loop in nv4_disp.dll".
(2) Technician (who I could barely understand) said to change the virtual memory max from 1536MB
to 2304MB. (what this has to do with the video
is beyond me).
(3) He told me to delete sysdata.xml , but that file didn't exist anywhere.
(4) He then told me to disable "Write Debugging Informaiton" ( that just prevents Windows from creating a crash dump...how that's going to solve the video problem is a mystery).
(5) Then he told me to reboot.
(6) He was quite confident that this would resolve the problem
that has plagued my DELL Inspiron 8100 since I received it May-2002.
(7) I was quite doubtful.
A few hours later, the same error occurred ( infinite loop in nv4_disp.dll ).
Pretty sad eh ?
I've given up on the notebook.
It's a piece of DELL (junk).
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Apr 10 '03
9:36 pm PDT
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Re: Not Helpful (Reply to this comment)
by crownvic281
wow i wrote this review years ago and im getting all these comments just recently!. well for starters, if the company that makes the software, suggests it will run on a 386, and recommends a 486, then WHY would you need a "Pentium Class" machine? And you are accusing me of being non-computer literate? I have been using computers, Mac, DOS, and Windows since 1990! I know how to plug in a PS/2 mouse.
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Feb 03 '03
2:17 pm PST
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Re: Not Helpful (Reply to this comment)
by crownvic281
wow i wrote this review years ago and im getting all these comments just recently!. well for starters, if the company that makes the software, suggests it will run on a 386, and recommends a 486, then WHY would you need a "Pentium Class" machine? And you are accusing me of being non-computer literate? I have been using computers, Mac, DOS, and Windows since 1990! I know how to plug in a PS/2 mouse.
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Feb 03 '03
2:16 pm PST
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Rather than simply say DELL sucks, I'll stick to the facts...it's amazing... (Reply to this comment)
by summars
Rather than simply say DELL sucks, I'll stick to the facts...it's amazing...
SUMMARY of FAILURES/REPAIRS:
01.DELL i7500 Service Tag 2H0440B
Hard Disk Drive failed and replaced 1st: 03/21/2002
02.DELL i7500 CD-ROM/DVD drive failed and replaced 1st 03/22/2002
03.DELL i7500 CD-ROM/DVD drive failed and replaced 2nd: 03/25/2002
04.DELL i7500 MotherBoard failed and replaced: 05/20/2002
05.DELL i7500 CD-ROM/DVD drive failed and replaced 3rd: 05/21/2002
06.DELL i7500 Hard Disk Drive failed and replaced 2nd: 05/22/2002
07.DELL i7500 Keyboard failed and replaced 1st: 05/22/2002
08.DELL i7500 LID latch failed and replaced 1st: 05/22/2002
09.DELL i7500 Keyboard failed and replaced 2nd: 05/24/2002
10.DELL i7500 Hard Disk Drive failed 3rd 05/30/2002
DELL replaced i7500 with i8100:
11.DELL i8100 Service Tag 93DH811
replacement missing 2nd battery: 05/30/2002
(NEVER received 2nd battery)
12.DELL i8100 motherboard failed and replaced 1st: 06/06/2002
13.DELL i8100 nVidia driver crashes system: 06/06/2002
14.DELL i8100 upgraded BIOS and tried three
different nVIDIA drivers.
Piece of DELL still crashes.
This is not an isolated case...
I have several friends, associates, and clients with DELLs that
have had similar numerous problems.
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Dec 09 '02
3:58 pm PST
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Re: Dell is worthless. Terrible customer care. DO NOT BUY DELL! (Reply to this comment)
by galemarie
Go to www.planetfeedback.com . It is the best Consumer Affairs site there is! My brother purchased a Dell and had nothing but trouble with it for 2 years. They would do nothing except send a service man out. After 2 years, I contacted www.planetfeedback.com and my email was sent by them to Michael Dell himself. In 3 days, they shipped him a new computer and he has not had a problem since. I truly believe, he was sent a refubished machine originally. This also happened with a friend of mine who had an HP. I told her about planetfeedback and she was sent a check for the full purchase price.
This site is not just for complaints about computers. If ever you purchase ANY product that you feel is defective or causes you problems, this site will work for you at NO CHARGE and go to the top of any company, until something is resolved. I can't say enough good things about them.
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Sep 18 '02
5:29 am PDT
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Re: Re: Dell is worthless. Terrible customer care. DO NOT BUY DELL! (Reply to this comment)
by galemarie
Go to www.planetfeedback.com . It is the best Consumer Affairs site there is! My brother purchased a Dell and had nothing but trouble with it for 2 years. They would do nothing except send a service man out. After 2 years, I contacted www.planetfeedback.com and my email was sent by them to Michael Dell himself. In 3 days, they shipped him a new computer and he has not had a problem since. I truly believe, he was sent a refubished machine originally. This also happened with a friend of mine who had an HP. I told her about planetfeedback and she was sent a check for the full purchase price.
This site is not just for complaints about computers. If ever you purchase ANY product that you feel is defective or causes you problems, this site will work for you at NO CHARGE and go to the top of any company, until something is resolved. I can't say enough good things about them.
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Sep 18 '02
5:28 am PDT
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Re: User Education? (Reply to this comment)
by crownvic281
You didn't seem to understand what I said about the backspace key: while typing in a est field within Internet Explorer, such as when writing a review in epinions.com, the backspace key could either delete the character preceding it, as it is supposed to, or go to the page you wre at before. When there is no text bos selected, ie no flashing test cursor anywhere on the screen, the backspace key should go to the preceding page.
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Jul 14 '00
7:29 pm PDT
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User Education? (Reply to this comment)
by gramstalks
Re Win95: This product was 'fraught' with incompatibilities and the inability to us Netscape and/or other non-MS software is the very reason that Bill Gates ended up in Court! Get Win98 2nd Edition!
Re: Mouse Cord: Telecommunications techs will tell you that if you set something on a phone line, transmissions can be compromised. So why not a mouse cord also?
Re: Keyboard: Keyboards can and should be turned upside down and lightly shaken (with the system shut down) to help loosen and/or remove dust and dirt from them especially when they are that old.
Also, Dell has diagnostic programs easily downloaded from their site to disk that will show "stuck key" locations and/or other problems.
Re: Backspace: Click on Start then "Help"; Type in "Functions"; then double-click or display and open up subject: "Using shortcut keys in dialog box".
Backspace has the capability to open up a folder one level up if you have unwittingly set the conditions to cause it to do so.
Moral of the story: Computerese is not pronounced "ComputerEASY" and is not for the 'faint-hearted' or 'heavy-fingered."
Regards, Gramstalks
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Jul 14 '00
6:00 pm PDT
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