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Re: ULTINET Computers: Have anybody sued them?

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From: Fred Walter
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 1997 00:00
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In article <871844751.31876@dejanews.com>,  <adaniline@comdale.com> wrote:
>Some time ago I made a big and expensive mistake - I purchased a desktop
>computer from Ultinet Computers of Toronto.

My girlfriend's Dad bought her a computer for last Xmas from there.
This was a mistake.

The thing was flakey as all hell. In order to get it to work consistently,
I loosened some of the screws on the case. (I actually had it apart, and then
put the case back on and noticed that it worked - but not if I tighted up
the screws!)

Her Dad ended up taking it back for repair under warranty (after it was
working, because you should be able to tighten the screws). They kept
it for several days, changed several bios settings (without setting them
back, which caused problems with her printer until I figured out what
they had screwed up). They ended up 'fixing' it... by loosening the screws,
as I did.

I am not impressed. She's not impressed.

>Then, from the begining I constantly had problems with it - it
>worked unstable and often crashed.

Try loosening the screws to the case (or removing the cover to the case).
That's what worked around the problem with my girlfriend's computer.

	fred
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From: fredw@centi.mks.com (Fred Walter)
Subject: Re: ULTINET Computers: Have anybody sued them?
Date: 1997/08/19
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