Just bought 3 alienware machines for $12,000

2006-09-30 11:31:31

#1

greedyj: Member; +0|7110

And not one of them works. I got them delivered yesterday and set them up last night and not one of them boot up properly. The aliens on the front just light up and the fans start going but the CD drive reads as busy and nothing happens. No boot up sound, no monitor output, nothing.

I called alienware and they wont do shitall to help me, even though i just forked over 12 grand.

Anyone else had this problem? I've never been more pissed off in my life, they want to charge me to send the motherfuckers back, and I haven't even used them yet. I paid for them to test them before they sent them, and I also bought "on-site" service, which apparently has so many loopholes that there's actually no possible way for you to get someone to come to your house.

So yea, don't do business with alienware.

2006-09-30 11:32:53

#2

InfectiousShadow: BF2S Resident Bass Player; +45|6880|Washington State, USA

why would you buy three Aliens?!

2006-09-30 11:33:45

#3

Spearhead: Gulf coast redneck hippy; +731|7138|Tampa Bay Florida

I've heard good stuff about them and I'm planning to buy one within the next month for 3 grand. You sure it's not something you're doing incorrectly?

2006-09-30 11:34:02

#4

SGT.Slayero: Member; +98|6913|Life in a vacuum sucks

that is crazy!

2006-09-30 11:34:33

#5

{M5}Sniper3: Typical white person.; +389|7208|San Antonio, Texas

Another reason to build your own...

2006-09-30 11:34:45

#6

stryyker: bad touch; +1,682|7168|California

Thats God's retrobution for buying a pre-built computer :<

2006-09-30 11:35:52

#7

Slickdawg8: Visit TAW.NET; +58|7226|Long Island

just get 3 dell xps's instead

2006-09-30 11:36:15

#8

greedyj: Member; +0|7110

yea but i'm not all that technical, I can't buy parts and put them together. But alienware said they'd test the machine before they sent it to me, which is clearly bullshit.

2006-09-30 11:37:08

#9

ghettoperson: Member; +1,943|7097

InfectiousShadow wrote:
why would you buy an Alien?!

And the thing that sucks about it all, is for that money, you could have built three of your own supercomputers.

2006-09-30 11:37:42

#10

greedyj: Member; +0|7110

Slickdawg8 wrote:
just get 3 dell xps's instead

I actually ordered 3 dell xps's originally, but becuase they took so long to send the damn things, i cancelled the order just to show them I can't wait for 3 months for their shit. So I decided to get alienware which is clearly a big fucking mistake, seeing as how im out 12000.

2006-09-30 11:39:26

#11

stryyker: bad touch; +1,682|7168|California

greedyj wrote:
Slickdawg8 wrote:
just get 3 dell xps's instead
I actually ordered 3 dell xps's originally, but becuase they took so long to send the damn things, i cancelled the order just to show them I can't wait for 3 months for their shit. So I decided to get alienware which is clearly a big fucking mistake, seeing as how im out 12000.

If you order a Dell XPS, your soul is condemned to Hell for all eternity.

2006-09-30 11:45:34

#12

leesupport: Member; +39|7131

well i got a Alienware about 2months ago and it works great and is fast:D....sure it isnt something your doing cause it sounds weird that 3 computers do not work:/

2006-09-30 11:47:18

#13

greedyj: Member; +0|7110

I'll post the specs a minute, maybe I have some conflicting hardware? I'm not a tech guy so I don't know what to do :s

2006-09-30 11:50:12

#14

SEREMAKER: BABYMAKIN EXPERT √; +2,187|7016|Mountains of NC

yeah something sounds weird bc dells owns alien now and they have some of the best customer support systems, I got a XPS and I customized it from their website and had it in my apt and running in 2 weeks

https://static.bf2s.com/files/user/17445/carhartt.jpg

2006-09-30 11:50:17

#15

Ryan: Member; +1,230|7291|Alberta, Canada

Maybe you just knocked somthing loose or something, don't start blaming Alienware before you know for sure. Unplug everything and start from scratch.

2006-09-30 11:51:59

#16

SEREMAKER: BABYMAKIN EXPERT √; +2,187|7016|Mountains of NC

how come you got 3 ayway - just curious bc you dished out some major cash on alien

2006-09-30 11:52:46

#17

ghettoperson: Member; +1,943|7097

It'd hardly be the first time that Alienware had shipped a broken product to someone....

2006-09-30 11:53:05

#18

N.A.T.O: The People’s Champion; +59|6888|A drop house

stryyker wrote:
greedyj wrote:
Slickdawg8 wrote:
just get 3 dell xps's instead
I actually ordered 3 dell xps's originally, but becuase they took so long to send the damn things, i cancelled the order just to show them I can't wait for 3 months for their shit. So I decided to get alienware which is clearly a big fucking mistake, seeing as how im out 12000.
If you order a Dell XPS, your soul is condemned to Hell for all eternity.

lol

2006-09-30 11:53:57

#19

greedyj: Member; +0|7110

AURORA ALX

Foxconn NFORCE 590 SLI Motherboard
Athlon 64 X2 4600+ AM2 DC Processor
PDP 1GB DDR2 PC-6400 AW96 memorry X 4
SAMSUNG SPINPOINT 250GB SATA 3G NCQ System Drive
Integrated Audio C51XEM2AA Sound Card
NVIDIA Geforce 7950 GX2 1GB
AGEIA Physics processing unit (PPU)
GX2 7900/7950 Dual Slot Card Keeper

2006-09-30 11:54:58

#20

greedyj: Member; +0|7110

ryan_14 wrote:
Maybe you just knocked somthing loose or something, don't start blaming Alienware before you know for sure. Unplug everything and start from scratch.

I don't see how I could accidently knock something loose in all 3 computers that causes all 3 computers to have the exact same problem :s

2006-09-30 12:06:21

#21

C01d Fusion: Member; +7|6969

12k? what a waste, i could make one just as good for half the price of one of those. BTW why do you need three?

2006-09-30 12:07:33

#22

ghettoperson: Member; +1,943|7097

greedyj wrote:
AURORA ALX

Foxconn NFORCE 590 SLI Motherboard
Athlon 64 X2 4600+ AM2 DC Processor
PDP 1GB DDR2 PC-6400 AW96 memorry X 4
SAMSUNG SPINPOINT 250GB SATA 3G NCQ System Drive
Integrated Audio C51XEM2AA Sound Card
NVIDIA Geforce 7950 GX2 1GB
AGEIA Physics processing unit (PPU)
GX2 7900/7950 Dual Slot Card Keeper

You spent 4 grand on a computer, and you only got 1 gig of memory?

2006-09-30 12:11:12

#23

Polux: H@x ?? No, just skill baby !; +73|7095|I smell corners

stryyker wrote:
Thats God's retrobution for buying a pre-built computer :<

2006-09-30 12:17:03

#24

TheDarkRaven: ATG's First Disciple; +263|7072|Birmingham, UK

{M5}Sniper3 wrote:
Another reason to build your own...

Quite so. It's the best AND the cheapest - what's there to lose?

2006-09-30 12:22:10

#25

Viper007Bond: Moderator Emeritus; +236|7253|Portland, OR, USA

Alienware is just slang for "waste of money".

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