The Official Computer Tech Support Thread

Mindy · 06-12-2021, 04:53 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

Please calm down before doing any physical installations on your computer.

Mindy · 06-13-2021, 10:18 AM

Computer gets here today, hopefully the FedEx guy leaves it in the hallway. Going to be mining by tonight hopefully.

Please be a solid-state hard drive with a good enough graphics card!

debaserr · 06-13-2021, 10:29 AM

You bought a computer without knowing the specs?

Mindy · 06-13-2021, 10:33 AM

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Originally Posted by debaserr

You bought a computer without knowing the specs?

No, it says SSD and great specs for what I need right now and I'm just hoping the eBay seller didnt lie

Trollheart · 06-13-2021, 10:56 AM

If he did then just return it. You can't just say a computer has an SSD and then not provide one. That's actionable under the not-as-described rule, so make sure it's everything he or she said it was, and if not, complain to ebay and get your money back.

Mindy · 06-13-2021, 10:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

If he did then just return it. You can't just say a computer has an SSD and then not provide one. That's actionable under the not-as-described rule, so make sure it's everything he or she said it was, and if not, complain to ebay and get your money back.

Good idea

Mindy · 06-13-2021, 12:25 PM

Well, I'm returning it. It was a solid state drive but no HDMI, I was fine with that and then went to connect to internet and it didn't pick up either connection I use.

Trollheart · 06-13-2021, 03:21 PM

What do you mean it didn't pick up the connection? Didn't see your broadband? Couldn't communicate with your router? Are you using wireless or ethernet, and if the former, have you the password and everything? I'm sure you know what you're doing, but just in case it's a simple fix rather than return the computer. No HDMI on the graphics card was it? That's pretty unusual I would have thought. Even my relatively old computer (AMD Phenom II XT) has one of those.

Mindy · 06-13-2021, 06:10 PM

Yeah I would have wanted it still if it picked up the internet but the seller on ebay said maybe not 5G networks and mine are 5G. So i'll just return it

The Batlord · 06-13-2021, 09:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

I'm sure you know what you're doing

06-13-2021, 10:29 AM	#2143 (permalink)
debaserr eat the masters Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 5,470	You bought a computer without knowing the specs? __________________ Last.FM

06-13-2021, 10:56 AM	#2145 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,995	If he did then just return it. You can't just say a computer has an SSD and then not provide one. That's actionable under the not-as-described rule, so make sure it's everything he or she said it was, and if not, complain to ebay and get your money back. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

06-13-2021, 03:21 PM	#2148 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,995	What do you mean it didn't pick up the connection? Didn't see your broadband? Couldn't communicate with your router? Are you using wireless or ethernet, and if the former, have you the password and everything? I'm sure you know what you're doing, but just in case it's a simple fix rather than return the computer. No HDMI on the graphics card was it? That's pretty unusual I would have thought. Even my relatively old computer (AMD Phenom II XT) has one of those. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

06-13-2021, 10:18 AM	#2142 (permalink)
Mindy ask me about cosmology Join Date: Oct 2016 Location: Milky Way Galaxy Posts: 9,062	Computer gets here today, hopefully the FedEx guy leaves it in the hallway. Going to be mining by tonight hopefully. Please be a solid-state hard drive with a good enough graphics card!

06-13-2021, 12:25 PM	#2147 (permalink)
Mindy ask me about cosmology Join Date: Oct 2016 Location: Milky Way Galaxy Posts: 9,062	Well, I'm returning it. It was a solid state drive but no HDMI, I was fine with that and then went to connect to internet and it didn't pick up either connection I use.

06-13-2021, 06:10 PM	#2149 (permalink)
Mindy ask me about cosmology Join Date: Oct 2016 Location: Milky Way Galaxy Posts: 9,062	Yeah I would have wanted it still if it picked up the internet but the seller on ebay said maybe not 5G networks and mine are 5G. So i'll just return it