On Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 06:37:53PM -0500, Gabe Turner wrote: > On Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 03:19:19PM -0500, Colin Kilbane wrote: > > I've been refering people to tran micro for quite some time now. Of the > > people that I referred, about 15 or so bought their machines there and all > > of them have been satisfied 100%. I have personally built 6 machines with > > them and have had no problems. Sure you can get it cheaper on line, but > > then factor in shipping, at least 10 to 30 bucks and the fact that you get > > exceptional service right here in town, no RMA's no mailing anything > > anywhere. It's a better deal in the end. The only time I don't buy it > > there is when they don't carry it. I'm sounding like a comercial here.... > > Well, although I _ocassionaly_ go to General Nanosystems to buy components > (they've been beating Tran in price lately), I also have to recommend Tran > Micro. Even if they're sometimes a bit more expensive than Nanosystems, > Tran _tests_ everything you buy before you take it home. I bought a dual > pIII MSI board, 2 pIII 800'a and 256 MB RAM there and they threw it all > together, hooked it to a PS and attached a video card just so they could > make sure it all worked. If that's what you call tested... > Also, all their systems (if you buy a full system from them) have a 1 year > warrenty and they don't hassle you about calling upon it. Where I work we > had a problem 700 mHz first gen (slot A, .25 micron) Athlon. It was > constantly suffering heat-related lock-ups even though it was only running > at about 95 degF. There was still a month or so on the warrenty, so I > brought it back. Although their tech was reluctant to replace anything > (they couldn't reproduce the lockups since they only keep it at 65 deg in > there!), once I explained everything to Tran and his wife (I think), they > replaced the CPU (A 2nd gen slot A Athlon w/ .18 micron process!) for free. > > Of course, our problems still weren't solved and about a month after the > warranty _ran out_, they gave us a brand, spankin' new mobo free of charge. > Tested, of course :) it's no wonder they didn't fix the problem... Sometimes is cheaper to throw more hardware at the problem. florin -- "you have moved your mouse, please reboot to make this change take effect" 41A9 2BDE 8E11 F1C5 87A6 03EE 34B3 E075 3B90 DFE4