From owner-freebsd-multimedia Thu Jan 17 5: 9:51 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from nef.ens.fr (nef.ens.fr [129.199.96.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9CA2D37B405 for ; Thu, 17 Jan 2002 05:09:48 -0800 (PST) Received: from corto.lpt.ens.fr (corto.lpt.ens.fr [129.199.122.2]) by nef.ens.fr (8.10.1/1.01.28121999) with ESMTP id g0HD9Xe21883 ; Thu, 17 Jan 2002 14:09:33 +0100 (CET) Received: from (rsidd@localhost) by corto.lpt.ens.fr (8.9.3/jtpda-5.3.1) id OAA46076 ; Thu, 17 Jan 2002 14:09:33 +0100 (CET) Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2002 14:09:33 +0100 From: Rahul Siddharthan To: Paul Richards Cc: multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: USB sound or other external sound? Message-ID: <20020117140933.A45868@lpt.ens.fr> References: <20020116185743.G94816@lpt.ens.fr> <1011271544.37762.0.camel@lobster.originative.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <1011271544.37762.0.camel@lobster.originative.co.uk>; from paul@freebsd-services.com on Thu, Jan 17, 2002 at 12:45:44PM +0000 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 3.4-STABLE i386 Sender: owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > Tell them your disk has somehow got corrupted and windows doesn't seem > to boot anymore :-) I thought of that.... > Seriously, they should provide a Windows disk if they sold you windows > so I'd get them to sort that out for you first. Absolutely. But apparently this is what they're doing now. A similar story about a Presario 1200 is reported on http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/23565.html Probably that's why it was cheap. The problem is, I bought the machine in the US but I'm in France. Also, the service centres here don't belong to Compaq, they're just "authorised centres". Maybe I'll try another one -- the compaq phone customer service people gave me 3 or 4 places to try. Certainly fixing a sound card shouldn't depend on whether the machine is running Windows or not. > Where did you buy the laptop from? If you bought it through a dealer > you'll probably get better support by going back to them because they > (should) have more access to the repair centre than an end consumer > would. I bought it in CompUSA, in the US... they're not much help in France though they'll defray the cost of repairs (the Compaq warranty isn't valid outside the US). But given that the machine works ok otherwise and sound isn't a huge priority, I'm not even sure I want to get it opened by someone of doubtful competence, and risk further damage. Thanks - Rahul To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-multimedia" in the body of the message