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stupid head

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marco_polo

stupid head wrote: »

Thread is over 10000 posts. Need to shut this puppy down.

Mush! hampsers mush!

Seaaan

Why do I get a fake tracking number with my monitor that tells me it arrived in Texas last year

Danger781

Seaaan wrote: »

Why do I get a fake tracking number with my monitor that tells me it arrived in Texas last year

Give it time, it probably hasn't updated properly yet on their system.

Either that or there is a typo.

..Brian..

Lads where's the best deal on Windows 7 keys right now? Home Premium or Pro, whichever is cheaper. Just the key required.

Squaredude

Seaaan wrote: »

Why do I get a fake tracking number with my monitor that tells me it arrived in Texas last year

Never got proper updates when I got mine. Told me my monitor was in Australia the day I got it delivered.

Seaaan

If I didn't know so many people got theirs with no hastle I'd be scared as fk now

WhiskeyGoblin

Got a full refund on my GFX card. :cool:


EDIT:

Now time to think of what card to get?

marco_polo

Not that most around here would anyway but don't go buying any OCZ PSUs or cheapo SSD, warranties on everything bar a handful of "higher" end OCZ SSD lines are being terminated by Toshiba.

http://www.techspot.com/news/55528-toshiba-cutting-warranties-for-all-oczs-non-ssd-products.html

Towards the end of 2013, Toshiba agreed to purchase the bankrupted OCZ for $35 million in a deal that included all of OCZ's assets, their development team and SSD technology. Although the brand has been kept alive as OCZ Storage Solutions, a number of product warranties have been killed, as a recent report details.

If you happen to own a recent, high-end OCZ solid state drive, you're in luck: Toshiba is honoring the full warranty of the entire Vertex series, the Vector series and most RevoDrives. Warranties for the mid-range Agility drives - which were originally three years long - have been shortened, and will end on January 22, 2015.

All other solid state drives, including budget models and discontinued series, are no longer under warranty; neither are any of OCZ's non-SSD products, such as their PSUs, DRAM modules, DIY notebooks and USB drives. Some of these products, such as OCZ's PSUs, are still available from retailers, and it seems they will be completely out of warranty from the moment you purchase them.

WhiskeyGoblin

New Dell monitor arrived. OOHHHHH LORD.

Didn't take into account this monitor had no HDMI port or audio port. Whooops

deceit

My 290x arrived today. Just had a look at it there and on the retention plate is an msi warranty seal that if removed, voids warranty .
No idea what to do now after the hassle I had with the last 290x.
I might email msi and see is it covered to put waterblocks on them, if not might have to send it back and get a different brand

marco_polo

deceit wrote: »

My 290x arrived today. Just had a look at it there and on the retention plate is an msi warranty seal that if removed, voids warranty .
No idea what to do now after the hassle I had with the last 290x.
I might email msi and see is it covered to put waterblocks on them, if not might have to send it back and get a different brand

Not sure their (US) warranty page isn't very clear either.

http://us.msi.com/service/warranty/

The MSI product MUST be free of any physical damage due to improper installation or modification of ANY kind (this includes installing aftermarket parts) or the warranty WILL be VOID.

The product MUST be returned to MSI in the original factory configuration and condition. All aftermarket modifications must be reversed prior to sending in the product for repair or replacement..

Technically you could read the first paragraph in two ways:

The MSI product MUST be free of any physical damage, due to improper installation or modification of ANY kind
OR
The MSI product MUST be free of any physical damage due to improper installation, or modification of ANY kind

deceit

marco_polo wrote: »

Not sure their (US) warranty page isn't very clear either.




Technically you could read the first paragraph in two ways:

The MSI product MUST be free of any physical damage, due to improper installation or modification of ANY kind
OR
The MSI product MUST be free of any physical damage due to improper installation, or modification of ANY kind

I did a bit of research on it and according to multiple sources once you dont physically damage the card you are fine and they will cover it. The only reason the sticker is there is for the asian market so I think I will stick with the card then

Seaaan

So I've decided to say fk it and get a 290 to compliment my Qnix. Is the best value one the Gigabyte one with bf4? Or is there better (That's 400 odd with delivery)

TerrorFirmer

Some of these products, such as OCZ's PSUs, are still available from retailers, and it seems they will be completely out of warranty from the moment you purchase them.

You'd still have warranty with your retailer here, so not as bad as it sounds.

..Brian..

..Brian.. wrote: »

Lads where's the best deal on Windows 7 keys right now? Home Premium or Pro, whichever is cheaper. Just the key required.

Anyone? This is the best I can find at the mo, €55. Anything better going?

raymix

..Brian.. wrote: »

Anyone? This is the best I can find at the mo, €55. Anything better going?

That's an OEM disk, mate. Apart from problems it might develop when registering what I don't understand is - how is this even legal?

..Brian..

Yea it's a bit of a grey area but I don't mind. Similar to the German site that was selling them a few months back or the other seller on Amazon around the same time. I just want to cheap as possible!

Sarz91

Looking at picking up a laptop for my brother for college. He'll need it mainly for Rebut and other CAD programs. Ive narrowed it down to 3:

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/156-msi-ge60-20e-286-gaming-laptop-i5-4200m-1tb-8gb-6-cell-gtx-760m-windows-81-64bit

http://shop.lenovo.com/gb/en/laptops/ideapad/u-series/u430-touch/

http://shop.lenovo.com/gb/en/laptops/ideapad/u-series/u330-touch/?sb=:000001D4:00026F45:

Looking to order in the next few days.

extra-ordinary_

..Brian.. wrote: »

Yea it's a bit of a grey area but I don't mind. Similar to the German site that was selling them a few months back or the other seller on Amazon around the same time. I just want to cheap as possible!

Which W7 have you?

Seaaan

Is this the cheapest R9 290 there is? 403 euro delivered still seems quite steep.

WhiskeyGoblin

Seaaan wrote: »

Is this the cheapest R9 290 there is? 403 euro delivered still seems quite steep.

All going well I'll be getting that too

Seaaan

I'm 40 euro off being able to buy it, with monitor (Hopefully) arriving tomorrow. Please customs, don't ruin me. Yer man said he marked it as low value gift or something along those lines..

WhiskeyGoblin

Seaaan wrote: »

I'm 40 euro off being able to buy it, with monitor (Hopefully) arriving tomorrow. Please customs, don't ruin me. Yer man said he marked it as low value gift or something along those lines..

Hopefully all goes well for you

ED E

Seaaan wrote: »

I'm 40 euro off being able to buy it, with monitor (Hopefully) arriving tomorrow. Please customs, don't ruin me. Yer man said he marked it as low value gift or something along those lines..

Gift threshold is €22. Good luck convincing customs a new monitor is less than 22 quid.

..Brian..

extra-ordinary_ wrote: »

Which W7 have you?

Home premium is on it at the moment but I don't mind sticking on Pro if I can get it cheaper.

Seaaan wrote: »

I'm 40 euro off being able to buy it, with monitor (Hopefully) arriving tomorrow. Please customs, don't ruin me. Yer man said he marked it as low value gift or something along those lines..

Again mine was only €17 so fingers crossed yours is the same!

Seaaan

..Brian.. wrote: »

Home premium is on it at the moment but I don't mind sticking on Pro if I can get it cheaper.



Again mine was only €17 so fingers crossed yours is the same!

That's what confused me. Hope it works.. wouldn't be too upset if it was 50 anyway

Seaaan

..Brian.. wrote: »

Home premium is on it at the moment but I don't mind sticking on Pro if I can get it cheaper.



Again mine was only €17 so fingers crossed yours is the same!

That's what confused me. Hope it works.. wouldn't be too upset if it was 50 anyway

raymix

..Brian.. wrote: »

Yea it's a bit of a grey area but I don't mind. Similar to the German site that was selling them a few months back or the other seller on Amazon around the same time. I just want to cheap as possible!

in that case, I remember lads dropping this one in bargains forum, it's still cheaper at full price, not sure if voucher works. Think it's the german site you meant, is it?

marco_polo

Move over Farming Simulator 2013, there's a new kid on the block.

http://n4g.com/news/1448661/goat-simulator-alpha-gameplay