First Poor Quality Issue w/ Dell
Posted by nathan on 01 Oct 2007 | Tagged as: Tech Stuff., my life.
Ever since my nightmarish issue with an HP notebook computer several years ago, I’ve been on the Dell bandwagon. When Dell started going downhill a couple years ago, I didn’t jump ship, I stayed the course.
I have never experienced any issues with Dell whatsoever (about 10 computers in four years), until this week.
I was installing a Dell Inspiron 530 computer (to get Windows XP on it), and it had a 13-in-1 card reader. When I opened up the slot where the card reader was located, it wasn’t there! I was like, ‘What the heck?’
I bent down and looked, and it was about 2″ back further than it should have been.
I looked again, and it was UPSIDE DOWN!
After I opened up the case and repositioned the card reader, I realized why it was loose: the screw holes did not line up.
I must say, I was somewhat disappointed in Dell for their lack of quality control on this computer. If I was a computer-idiot, they would have had to pay someone to come out and fix that–what a waste!
I snapped a couple of photos with my phone. Due to my phone’s camera’s poor quality, it’s kinda hard to tell it’s 2″ back inside the case and upside down, but it was!
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on 03 Oct 2007 at 9:03 am 1.
Todd Helmkamp said …
That’s why I don’t use either of ‘em. I build my own.