Rarely (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} rarely) wrote,@ 2008-04-14 13:13:00 |
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This is supposed to be pleasant...
Right....so all the gnomes have been remanded to their respective parents' care for the week, this should be pleasant.
1. Dell called to remind me that my warranty is running out. This prompted me to plead with Iso and Jayde to take a look at my laptop over the weekend because I am *not* insane and it *will* read DVD's but not CD's of any sort, pre-recorded or blank, blank or data. They confirmed this, but were unable to make it behave as it should.
2. I ran Dell's hidden Diagnostic program, which is blissfully simple to do for those of us that do not have careers in the tech industry. It told me that the CD drive failed it's optics test and I should call Dell....no shit.....It gave me an error code to supply t the tech which would tell him what was wrong.....Said tech appeared to ignore the code entirely and took over my computer remotely to assess it...for 30 minutes....still no good. "Am I sure that the CD that is in the drive is good??" Yes, I am, we were listening to it just the other day, but I will oblige and put in a different disc. Guess what....it *still* doesn't read it. ......."Dear Mr. Indian Tech Support Guy, Neither myself or my friends are total idiots, we already did this, remember, I told you that when you asked me what the problem was....." End result, the drive is toast, they are sending a new one and, as I don't feel able to replace it myself, they will also send a tech to install it. I'm no fool, it's still under warranty, *They* can muck about with it at no cost to me in case they go "oops".
3. The garage has called. I was a good elf and scheduled my car in for regular maintenance and to get the snow tires off. It's ready to be picked up. BTW, it needs new rear rotors and drums......owwwww, <sigh> I will have them schedule that for later this week, while I am on supposed vacation....Guess Iso is driving to the Spa on Thursday.
Me, I'll be spending quality time with my spinning wheel and walking my butt back and forth across town to pick up and drop off my car.....
At least it's not raining.
Right....so all the gnomes have been remanded to their respective parents' care for the week, this should be pleasant.
1. Dell called to remind me that my warranty is running out. This prompted me to plead with Iso and Jayde to take a look at my laptop over the weekend because I am *not* insane and it *will* read DVD's but not CD's of any sort, pre-recorded or blank, blank or data. They confirmed this, but were unable to make it behave as it should.
2. I ran Dell's hidden Diagnostic program, which is blissfully simple to do for those of us that do not have careers in the tech industry. It told me that the CD drive failed it's optics test and I should call Dell....no shit.....It gave me an error code to supply t the tech which would tell him what was wrong.....Said tech appeared to ignore the code entirely and took over my computer remotely to assess it...for 30 minutes....still no good. "Am I sure that the CD that is in the drive is good??" Yes, I am, we were listening to it just the other day, but I will oblige and put in a different disc. Guess what....it *still* doesn't read it. ......."Dear Mr. Indian Tech Support Guy, Neither myself or my friends are total idiots, we already did this, remember, I told you that when you asked me what the problem was....." End result, the drive is toast, they are sending a new one and, as I don't feel able to replace it myself, they will also send a tech to install it. I'm no fool, it's still under warranty, *They* can muck about with it at no cost to me in case they go "oops".
3. The garage has called. I was a good elf and scheduled my car in for regular maintenance and to get the snow tires off. It's ready to be picked up. BTW, it needs new rear rotors and drums......owwwww, <sigh> I will have them schedule that for later this week, while I am on supposed vacation....Guess Iso is driving to the Spa on Thursday.
Me, I'll be spending quality time with my spinning wheel and walking my butt back and forth across town to pick up and drop off my car.....
At least it's not raining.
