:( ive got a circuit city bought SONY VAIO desktop ($940) at the time. added a 256mb video card, and 2gb of ram, and its been running great for AT LEAST 5 years now... never a blip. i scoff and super machines and shit people talk about... its just a 'puter and its supps to work, not be expensive and require bs.
but good luck with yourn's gelly On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 5:48 PM, Vivec <[email protected]> wrote: > > So... > > After being out for most of the day, I return home to find my super > Dell 710H2C computer stuck on a screen which says File error. > I reboot, and after 5 minutes I'm greeted with a BSOD labelled Memory > Management. > > i run Windows 7RC Memory Management tool and find it says that there > is a Hardware error. > > I'm now running memtest x86 to further test the memory. > > But it seems that...just like that out of the blue..my computer RAM > modules have failed. > They are two 2GB Dual Channel Ram modules, I think PC2 4200. The > machine had a total of 4GB. (Future proofing). > I cannot understand it..the machine is just about 2 years old..if so > much. When I purchase a machine..I intend for it to last me 4 to 6 > years before I think about upgrading. > > It's really unbelievable that this happens. > > My advice to new PC buyers now is to NEVER purchase any of these > 'enthusiast' machines. They do not function any better, or have any > more reliability than other machines. > > The Alienware ALXs, the HP Blackbirds, Dell XPSs...they are all a > massive waste of money and time. > > All you need is a decent processor and graphics card, and adequate > cooling. And apparently several machines offer this,.including non > 'enthusiast' systems from Dell, HP and others. From relatively cheap > iBuyPower machines to off the shelf USD650.00 systems. > > memtest still has not finished running, but when it does I'll post > what the outcome is. > > Depression..let us sit and chat over a bottle of 1919 and some coconut water. > Oh...oh wait...there is no coconut water. > *dies* > ^_^ > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:306134 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
