Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!cmcl2!brl-adm!umd5!rutgers!iuvax!pur-ee!uiucdcs!uxc.cso.uiuc.edu!clio!berger From: berger@clio.las.uiuc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: No problem AT clones (Flame on Message-ID: <16800164@clio> Date: Mon, 7-Dec-87 18:26:00 EST Article-I.D.: clio.16800164 Posted: Mon Dec 7 18:26:00 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 13-Dec-87 10:48:11 EST References: <1797@cup.portal.com> Lines: 27 Nf-ID: #R:cup.portal.com:1797:clio:16800164:000:1167 Nf-From: clio.las.uiuc.edu!berger Dec 7 17:26:00 1987 Where are you getting your replacement supplies: My boss's Compaq just died for the first time since we bought it more than 3 years ago. It's fully loaded, including 640K ram, two floppy drives, and a hard disk. One of our local Compaq dealers had two different power supplies available for replacement ($ 125 for either option). One company rebuilt supplies, and offered a 1 year warranty. Compaq offered new supplies, with a 90 day warranty. Initially they gave us a rebuilt supply, which never worked right from the beginning. Within three days, it was dead from a shorted diode. The dealer told me that, although a lot of customers found the longer warranty more attractive, they had a higher failure rate with the rebuilt supplies. The factory-new supply, a different design than the original, works fine. Be sure that you're getting a new Compaq factory supply, and that it's the latest design. Your dealer might fix old supplies for resale, or get them from the same rebuilder as our local dealer. Mike Berger Center for Advanced Study University of Illinois berger@clio.las.uiuc.edu {ihnp4 | convex | pur-ee}!uiucuxc!clio!berger