Computer and Hardware Chat

[Donovan]

No, I have not. It is under warranty for 3 more years and I'm pretty sure they won't do anything about it.

You're kidding.   When my hard drive failed on an older Dell laptop years ago, they replaced it for me at no charge and helped me through the installation process over the phone.  You ought to at least try to use your warranty if you have it.

Hmm.... They did fix my laptop keyboard twice with no questions asked and replaced my monitor... Did they ever give you the option to upgrade your harddrive when they did the service?

[phw115wvwx]

Hmm.... They did fix my laptop keyboard twice with no questions asked and replaced my monitor... Did they ever give you the option to upgrade your harddrive when they did the service?

No, they gave me a standard hard drive at that time although it did have more space than the one that failed.  You would have to make a purchase for an upgrade.  I know Craig and others tried to help you, but since you're still having issues, I'd at least ask technical support to see if they can think of something that we didn't.

[Donovan]

Hmm.... They did fix my laptop keyboard twice with no questions asked and replaced my monitor... Did they ever give you the option to upgrade your harddrive when they did the service?

No, they gave me a standard hard drive at that time although it did have more space than the one that failed.  You would have to make a purchase for an upgrade.  I know Craig and others tried to help you, but since you're still having issues, I'd at least ask technical support to see if they can think of something that we didn't.

Yeah. Hopefully they'll also be able to pinpoint whether it's a HDD or GPU/CPU problem... Thanks Patrick. 

[Zach]

One more thing to ask: have you done a diagnostic test from your system's BIOS options yet?

[Donovan]

Yes. I've done several in the past week or two and all came back positive/passed.

[Bryan]

Using CCleaner are there any boxes that should be checked other than the defaults?  In the windows tab system and advanced?

[Bryan]

Any comments on these ratings?  Do you think Consumer Reports give unbiased reports?

[jtmal0723]

Any comments on these ratings?  Do you think Consumer Reports give unbiased reports?

They don't take advertising money or bribes, this is correct. I do not believe they give unbiased reports, however. I do not have evidence to back up my claim though.

[Bryan]

I don't know about Consumer Reports, but McAfee has become a RAM hog.

[Bryan]

I'm enjoying my new pc.  It's so quiet.

[Bryan]

How do I delete YTDsetup?  It's 32 bit not 64.  It has a shield on it and I can't delete it.

[Zach]

The shield means nothing. That's just for UAC permissions. So if you cannot delete it, just go to your Control Panel and disable UAC (User Account Control).

[Bryan]

Thanks, but why can't I delete it?  Why won't IE open any of the links here?

[Bryan]

Does anyone know why tunatic can't read the server?  I've have given it full access through the firewall, but still nothing.

[Zach]

Maybe it's because Tunatic's server could be down..