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fishnbanjo
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November 2nd, 2009 05:00
Well I went to check on my Call Status since I saw my system was signed for and now the Service Tag search for open tickets gives me an error and the Service Tag shows as invalid. I guess this means my 435T is no longer in service but does little to tell me about the Studio XPS 9000 replacement I will be getting which kind of makes me nervous given some of the delay threads I'm seeing on the 8000 and 9000 PC's, has anyone else returned a PC for exchange and know how the process proceeds? Thanks.............
fishnbanjo
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November 2nd, 2009 14:00
Oh my, just saw what they are building to replace my 435T, it's in production................
Spaz888
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November 2nd, 2009 18:00
There are major issues with shipping and Dell's customer service. Have a look here, howvever, the thread is being censored by the mods:http://en.community.dell.com/forums/p/19301335/19581145.aspx#19581145
fishnbanjo
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November 3rd, 2009 14:00
Well I went to my Oncology Physical Therapy Class and when I returned home the replacement for my old Studiao XPS 435T came, the old system was:
DELL Studio 435T i7 965 3.2 GHz Extreme Edition, 9 Gb RAM, 1.5 Tb SATA and a Patriot Warp V.3 256 Gb SSD, DVD/RW and Blu-ray/RW combo drive, 1000/NIC and 1505 wireless, X-Fi Extreme Soundblaster, Bose Surround Sound 5.1 speakers, LifeCam VX 3000 VidCam, Logitech Wireless Desktop Kb and Mouse, Bamboo Pen Tablet, ATI Radeon 4870 1024 driving a Vizio 37" HDTV using Optical Toslink from the X-Fi Extreme Sound Card on Vista 64 Premium also have Pioneer SE-DIR 800C Wireless Dolby DTS Headphones the new one will be listed in my sig line momentarily.......... I can't believe this machine!
jjon90
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November 3rd, 2009 16:00
fishnbanjo,
The word Oncology scares the heck out of me, hope you're doing fine.
My question is do you miss the solid state drive??
fishnbanjo
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November 3rd, 2009 16:00
Yeah it scares me too sometimes as I came home from my camp in June 2008 for a minor procedure and ended up having a bone marrow biopsy done followed by a kidney biopsy which ended up in kidney failure and a 1 month hospital stay with a diagnosis of non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (Mantle Cell Lymphoma a non curable form).
Followed by Chemotherapy and a slew of meds which in some ways made me sicker than I was but the 2 times a week Oncology Physical therapy Classes have done loads for my energy, physical and mental being I need them to get through the week.
I love that SSD and was considering placing my Windows 7 upgrade on it and moving one of the 1.5 Tb's into an external enclosure but don't know if I'm better off using an eSATA cable of USB 2.0, heck at least I'm busy again and not thinking about how I feel! :emotion-5:
lynne4270
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November 3rd, 2009 17:00
I finally threw in the towel on the Windows 7 upgrade and sent the discs back to Microsoft for a refund. I had 12 days and many attemps and hang ups at 62%. It never got past that. I did everything the advisor and MIcrosoft said to and then some with no luck. I will wait 6 months or so until Microsoft gets the cracks filled in on the upgrade and try it again. What is really strange is I have helped 2 other people do the Windows 7 upgrade with out any problems. one HP computer and 1 Dell, but not a 435T/9000. The HP took 52 minutes without a hitch the Dell 65 minutes. I see on one forum a person from Germany and another from Spain with the same 62% hang up problem, so it doesn't matter what kind of computer you have or where you live. Microsoft has a problem that they are not in too big a hurry to correct. There were even a few who are having problems with the clean install. I helped my niece setup her laptop that has Windows 7 on it for wireless last night and I really like how it sets up networks. Very easy compaired to Vista or XP. Speed wise, I didn't see that much difference. Good luck to all on the upgrade. I may just have a wierd machine.
Wayne
robby_w
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November 4th, 2009 00:00
Well it looks like Dell has once again delayed my XPS8000. The sad thing is I'm not even surprised anymore. The estimated delivery date has gone from 10/26 to 11/2 to 11/9 to 11/16. I don't know what to do. Should I keep waiting (I've already waited this long - I keep thinking, maybe it will ship today) or should I try to cancel my order (from the sounds of it, not necessarily an easy process)?
cm18503
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November 4th, 2009 01:00
I just got a lovely 4:00am email from Dell telling me that I won't be receiving my XPS8000 on time. I've ordered from Dell many time. I've never had to wait longer then a two day build and 3-5 days ship. I've already waited 2 weeks, now another 2? (If it even shows up). Get those hamsters running Dell or you'll put yourself out of business.
Anyone have any official word about this? My email said literally nothing except "Sorry, we stink" pretty much.
S Mantey
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November 4th, 2009 03:00
Hi,
I've been running an XPS 8000 with Windows 7 for just over a week.
My biggest problem, aside from some known Windows 7 bugs, is that the system will not allow me to use all of my RAM which is annoying because that was the whole point of upgrading to 64 bit!
My system arrived witg 4GB RAM but only shows 2GB as being usable with the rest reserved for hardware by the BIOS.
Tech support have been unable to resolve the problem and have said Dell need to release a new BIOS with memory re-mapping (it currently doesn't include this feature).
In the meantime I have had to upgrade to 8GB to give me some headroom but it still only shows 4GB as being usable.
If you're thinking of buying hold off until this is fixed!!!!!
Sean
robby_w
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November 4th, 2009 05:00
I've decided to cancel my order, somewhat reluctantly because I really thought I would like the computer... but just thinking about the customer service makes me mad. I'm going to call as soon as the phone line opens. I really hate how I seem to be on a weekly delay schedule and they have absolutely no information or else are just plain lying. Really awful job, Dell! But I'm just preaching to the choir now.
fishnbanjo
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November 4th, 2009 08:00
Happy to say it looks like this again and in about a week one of the 1.5 Tb will be living in an eSATA enclosure (with option to use USB 2.0 connection) and will be an external drive for photo processing, the 2nd 1.5 Tb will be partitioned for Ubuntu and its swap files and an enclosure is enroute that will allow me to use the 256 Gb SSD in the floppy expansion slot as a quick release drive, i.e. an on the fly drive which will be the W7 64 Ultimate partition, this is one heck of a machine!
elierodrigue
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November 4th, 2009 09:00
Repost as my previous post has been deleted by Dell's rep ...
elierodrigue
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November 4th, 2009 09:00
What surprise? Can you give us a little bit more info?
jjon90
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November 4th, 2009 09:00
Those of you considering canceling should check out the latest issue of Consumer reports. It rates Desktops with some surprising results..:emotion-40: