Harry,
Thank you for your share. I suspect OB will wait until he re-installs
hisGT630 from the old
hulk to redo the DVI business. Was never aware of PC Mfg in Mexico, but
it does make sense.
I am a bit smarter, thanks. OB is quite pleased with the build quality.
He did find a sticker/label
that indicated 'Made in China' and 'Assembled in Mexico. So far, he is
even pleased with
Windows 8.1pro. He have a nice phone call with Lenovo TS to find out how
to create his
'Recovery DVD.' He mentioned that the UM was somewhat confusing about
this. Been
there. No harm, no foul.............................. :)
Best,
Duncan
On 07/18/2014 01:55, Harry McGregor wrote:
Hi,
The key is embedded in the firmware (uEFI).
The PC may not have DVI, but it might have HDMI, which is basically
DVI-D + Audio, and can be passively converted to DVI-D (check out
monoprice.com for adapters).
Lots of PC (and higher end too) MFG is in Mexico, it's a lot better then
it used to be, and less shipping costs then China.
The software will be on the machine, and you can create a "recovery" DVD
from it... Again standard for Big Name computers, MS does not let them
give agnostic install DVDs out...
-Harry
On 7/17/14, 4:32 PM, DSinc wrote:
A bit of thread continuation about the OB new PC
saga.................. ;)
OK, OB has rcvd his new Lenovo PC. He is jazzed and is thrashing
around trying to find a VGA
cable to light his Dell monitor. Yes, he used to use a DVI cable, but
that will not happen
until he swaps in his old nVidia GT630 card from the dead PC. His new
Lenovo does not have a
'default' DVI connector. Odd.
Worse he tells me he did NOT recieve a Windows 8.1 dvd+product key.
OK, maybe
Lenovo builds PC the same way Dell does and uses some 'master' glop of
Windows
sw. The notes he found tell him that everything he will ever need has
been recorded in a
(please pick a name) partition on his 1TB EM HD-Oh! Please see the
User manual for
recovery procedures, if necessary. Perhaps this how brand new PCs are
now done, but,
I am sadly disappointed; AND, the damn PC came from _Mexico_ to boot.
I'll hope it was just
a Lenovo warehouse, and, not a 'build' center.
I wait OB's call in the AM when he powers it on for the 1st time.
Best,
Duncan
