The Daily Funny - 10th May 2010 (2)

Thanks for the Help (NOT!)

This happened to me way back when an XT was top of the line.

My uncle had purchased an lovely XT with CGA monitor and no hard drive, and the damn thing did not work from day one. After running for more than 30 minutes, it would crash. We would take it in, leave it for a day or two, then pick it up, with their assurances that it was working, only to have it crash again. This went on for several weeks. We figured that they weren't really doing anything but leaving the system on their shelf, but the kicker came when we brought it inone Tuesday evening and were told that we could pick it up the next evening. We dutifully returned the next evening, and asked the tech if they had solved the problem. Very solemnly, he replied that they could not duplicate the issue, even after 72 hours of running continuously! Needless to say, we were impressed that he was able to compress 72 hours of running time into 24! When we pointed this out, he turned red, and begin to stammer and stutter. We asked for the system back and took it to another location, where they promptly identified the problem as a cracked motherboard and replaced it immediately.

Thanks to: Phoenix

 

From www.TechTales.com October 1998