Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Undertoad
Geez, Syc, did I buy that power supply?  If I did, it was probably a Sparkle, fairly well-reviewed, but of course it's hard to review a power supply well. People try, but the criteria that are really important are pretty much hidden from regular folks like us. |
Yeah...that was the second one that you put in. It's all good...I'm just glad it was the power supply and not my HD. I replaced it with an Antec Smartpower 2.0 (350 W).
To be fair, I had a great first experience with Geek Squad. April's sister started having problems with her Gateway in the spring--no spyware protection, virus protection was not updated and Win XP was apparently not installed properly over Win ME. The system was so fucked up that it quit booting up after I tried to remove the bad stuff. I took it to Geek Squad in July, and they found it to be a lost cause. Originally, I had asked them to do the full diagnostic...they only charged me half-price for it. And the guy I dealt with was totally professional and sounded like he knew what he was doing.