On Monday 28 March 2005 10:13 am, Richard wrote:
On Monday 28 March 2005 09:11 am, Danny Sauer wrote:
Has he considered hooking a floppy drive up, or is dealing with Asus *so* fun that he likes blowing up every board they send him back? :):)
That begs the question. Should one accept a defective anything just cause he can work around the defect?
Ans: No. You bought a new thing that should perform as designed. The mfr should make it right or not sell the thing. Replacing a defective part with another defective part is simply fraud.
I do agree in principle, but how much is his time worth? In my opinion, the time it takes to exchange motherboard after motherboard is less than the cost of a floppy drive, and probably less than the cost of a new motherboard... Besides, maybe it's designed to blow up when the floppy's not connected and working. I personally prefer to just hear a POST beep, but maybe some "creative" engineer thought that causing the whole motherboard to blow up would better draw the user's attention to the failed floppy drive. :)
... I'm just curious, because I've never had a MB problem that has made me think "maybe the manufacturer will help me" - weird operating system or not.
You're a lucky man! Most of us aren't so lucky. That's what warranties are for as in 'warrant to be free of defects in manufacturing,' etc.
Actually, I'd guess that most *are* so lucky - companies who have to replace most of their products under warranty either don't stay in business very long or shorten their warranty (*cough* hard drive manufacturers *cough*). :) --Danny