Re: Not covered by warrenty because falsely claim liquid damage to motherboard.

From	wrat@panix.com (the wharf rat)
Newsgroups	comp.sys.laptops
Subject	Re: Not covered by warrenty because falsely claim liquid damage to motherboard.
Date	2013-11-07 02:20 +0000
Organization	Public Access Networks Corp.
Message-ID	<l5etcn$6i9$1@reader1.panix.com> (permalink)
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In article <720d3$5278483a$cf3aab60$6055@news.flashnewsgroups.com>,
jollyharry  <91eed282a561b153be6ebcb2238f5a4e_6700@example.com> wrote:
>My son's computer issued to him from the school (we still have to pay for
>it) broke it's plug in jack/port. We sent it into Dell to be repaired as
>it has a 4 year warranty (have had it 2 years) and they refuse to repair
>it saying that it is not covered by the warranty duet o liquid damage to
>motherboard! Now what?
>

	It's not uncommon to be brought a computer that "just stopped 
working" and find it full of dried Nescafe or fossilized Coca-Cola.  One
time I opened one up and it was still wet!  People don't like to admit 
embarrassing mistakes.  But if the liquid diet hasn't damaged the thing,
broken power jacks are a common problem and smart designers make them so you
don't even solder: screw in and plug a cable.  But most still use soldered on
ones.  If you're at all handy with an iron it's a simple fix and a cheap 
part.  Probably run 50-75 bucks to have it done for you.

	Heck, if you're anywhere near Austin, Texas I'll do it for free, unless
it's one of those Japanese brands that aren't made to be repaired or even
opened up.  Or turned on... :-)

	It's a Dell, isn't it?  That should be easy enough.

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Not covered by warrenty because falsely claim liquid damage to motherboard. jollyharry <91eed282a561b153be6ebcb2238f5a4e_6700@example.com> - 2013-11-05 01:22 +0000
  Re: Not covered by warrenty because falsely claim liquid damage to motherboard. "Don Phillipson" <e925@SPAMBLOCK.ncf.ca> - 2013-11-05 12:13 -0500
    Re: Not covered by warrenty because falsely claim liquid damage to motherboard. wrat@panix.com (the wharf rat) - 2013-11-07 02:22 +0000
  Re: Not covered by warrenty because falsely claim liquid damage to motherboard. Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2013-11-05 17:12 -0500
    Re: Not covered by warrenty because falsely claim liquid damage to motherboard. wrat@panix.com (the wharf rat) - 2013-11-07 02:26 +0000
  Re: Not covered by warrenty because falsely claim liquid damage to motherboard. wrat@panix.com (the wharf rat) - 2013-11-07 02:20 +0000

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