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| Today I received shipment of a refurbished Dell. This makes my third
one. It did not include a power cable nor a DVI to VGA converter and
the video card only has DVI outputs :-( The power cable in no real
biggy seeing how I have a few spare but I need that converter! D'OH!
Oh well, looks like I better buy a LCD monitor then :-p Just kidding
the Wife would kill me! Anyone ever have a missing power cable or the
like ? This is the first time something has come up missing.
Mike
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| Ben Myers 2005-02-24, 11:45 pm |
| Refurb is not the same as a smoothly running assembly line pumping out new build
systems. Still, there are check lists and packing lists which should be checked
for completeness. One other approach would be to substitute a video card with a
15-pin connector. DVI-VGA converters should be freely available and inexpensive
on eBay, if not at Best Buy, CompUSA, Fry's, or a local computer shop. One
would hope you still got a decent deal... Ben Myers
On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 01:54:29 GMT, Mike <Mike@SunnyOrlando.com> wrote:
>Today I received shipment of a refurbished Dell. This makes my third
>one. It did not include a power cable nor a DVI to VGA converter and
>the video card only has DVI outputs :-( The power cable in no real
>biggy seeing how I have a few spare but I need that converter! D'OH!
>Oh well, looks like I better buy a LCD monitor then :-p Just kidding
>the Wife would kill me! Anyone ever have a missing power cable or the
>like ? This is the first time something has come up missing.
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>Mike
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| On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 03:02:05 GMT, ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net
(Ben Myers) wrote:
>Refurb is not the same as a smoothly running assembly line pumping out new build
>systems. Still, there are check lists and packing lists which should be checked
>for completeness. One other approach would be to substitute a video card with a
>15-pin connector. DVI-VGA converters should be freely available and inexpensive
>on eBay, if not at Best Buy, CompUSA, Fry's, or a local computer shop. One
>would hope you still got a decent deal... Ben Myers
>
Hey Ben! I totally forgot that I bought a new video card for my then
existing computer (GeForce 5900XT) that had a DVI to VGA converter :-)
Now I am chiming along on the new system. I ended up getting a
Dimension 8400 3.4 Ghz, 1Gig RAM, GeForce 6800 GTO. After taxes it
came to $895 dollars (free shipping too!). So far I am very pleased.
This is my forth Dell overall and my third refurbished unit. As a
quick test I loaded up Doom 3 and cranked up the resolution. Even
when there's a lot of on screen action it's not dropping many (if any)
frames at all :-)
Mike
P.S. I spoke with a Customer Care Rep via an online chat and Dell is
sending out my power cable.
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| raystation 2005-02-26, 11:45 pm |
| My refurb Dimension 4400 that I bought 3 years ago was missing the power
cable. The new Dimension 4700 I just bought for work was missing the mouse.
Both times Dell had the parts in my hands within a day. It happens...
"Mike" <Mike@SunnyOrlando.com> wrote in message
news:i01t119dm6sci4p0si1drrcg7ppfr5ggod@4ax.com...
> Today I received shipment of a refurbished Dell. This makes my third
> one. It did not include a power cable nor a DVI to VGA converter and
> the video card only has DVI outputs
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