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actually there are monitor drivers.
here is the updated driver for my monitor from Dell M992, v.1.0, A00 File Date: 6/21/2002 Digitally signed M992 monitor driver. This driver has been signed to work with Windows 95, 98, Millennium, 2000 and XP. It includes the following files: M992.INF, M992.ICM and M992.CAT "Paul Knudsen" wrote in message ... On Tue, 17 Feb 2004 19:18:47 GMT, "Rocket J. Squirrel" wrote: I agree with you but didn't have the guts to say it. Many of the problems that users encounter are their own fault. Rocky True, but a company that sells to the average user should be able to deal with that. Surely someone could have calmly and patiently explained to the woman in the other post that there are no such things as "Monitor Drivers". -- Get on the NRA Blacklist: http://www.NRAblacklist.com |
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"Rey Barry" wrote in message om... Early mortality 1996 Caviar drives were common knowledge. Pretty good short story, you should submit it to one or another of the magazines that specialize in things like this. Was fun to read though, you obviously spent some time composing it. However it would have been much better if you had the date right. The infant mortality Caviars (bad lot of IDE driver chips) did not happen in 1996. How do I know? I bought six Gateway boxes and they all had the problem. The solution was real simple: I went to the store and bought a drive. As each Caviar failed, I replaced it then shipped it to Gateway. They shipped a new one back next day. Wash, rinse, repeat until all six were replaced. -- ... Hank Hank: http://horedson.home.att.net W0RLI: http://w0rli.home.att.net |
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"Heinz Kiosk" wrote in message news "Rey Barry" wrote in message om... Over the years I have bought a lot of Dells. On balance I have found them to be good value for money. Higher quality than "supermarket" PCs and cheaper than the likes of Compaq/HP. I have had a couple of horror stories and a couple of shouting matches when brand-new machines have not performed as expected, but no more often than with machines from other manufacturers. OTOH I never buy tech support or extended warranty from anyone. I figure they make money selling it so if something goes wrong I just go down to PC World and buy a replacement. People need to get over their fear of opening the case. Most components are easy to replace. I've saved £1000's over the years by doing that. Warranties are really a form of insurance and insurance is a bad idea if you can afford the loss involved in a worst-case scenario. Tom I will disagree with you on extended warranties. Whether or not to get the extended warranty depends on the user. I always get them for my computers and I'm always glad I did. I don't care about tech support, they are useless and if it's a software problem I can fix it myself. However, I'm not knowledgeable enough about hardware to be able to determine the problem and then walk into a store and know which replacement part I should buy that will be compatible with the computer. I've had hard drive failures, they send me a new one and I pop it in. I own laptops and if it's a major problem I just ship it back to them in a Dell prepaid box and it comes back to me in a couple of weeks. I don't want to have to put in the time to figure out what's wrong and then try to replace the part. Carol |
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Hank Oredson wrote:
"Rey Barry" wrote in message om... The solution was real simple: I went to the store and bought a drive. As each Caviar failed, I replaced it then shipped it to Gateway. They shipped a new one back next day. Wash, rinse, repeat until all six were replaced. Hank, Don't bring logic into such a good story! I'm waiting for the sequel where Micheal Dell drives to the OPs home and begs personal forgiveness on his knees. Such an apology would not be acceptable, of course, and the OP will chew him out in the same way as he did all the salesmen and technical reps. Regards, Pete. |
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Peter Connolly wrote:
Hank Oredson wrote: "Rey Barry" wrote in message .com... The solution was real simple: I went to the store and bought a drive. As each Caviar failed, I replaced it then shipped it to Gateway. They shipped a new one back next day. Wash, rinse, repeat until all six were replaced. Hank, Don't bring logic into such a good story! I'm waiting for the sequel where Micheal Dell drives to the OPs home and begs personal forgiveness on his knees. Such an apology would not be acceptable, of course, and the OP will chew him out in the same way as he did all the salesmen and technical reps. Regards, Pete. LOL you made my day :-) Joan |
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On Tue, 17 Feb 2004 23:03:06 -0500, "Robert R Kircher, Jr."
wrote: True, but a company that sells to the average user should be able to deal with that. Surely someone could have calmly and patiently explained to the woman in the other post that there are no such things as "Monitor Drivers". Maybe I didn't make that clear enough. No I understood you well. I guess if she wouldn't listen you you, she wouldn't listen to Dell either. . I did try to do just that by suggesting Video drivers but her MIS friend had more clout then I did. Frankly I think she misunderstood the guy but I've heard some really strange things out of profession IT people too. Hey! I'm one of those! HAHA. -- Get on the NRA Blacklist: http://www.NRAblacklist.com |
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On Wed, 18 Feb 2004 04:07:45 GMT, "Dan Sgambelluri"
wrote: here is the updated driver for my monitor from Dell M992, v.1.0, A00 File Date: 6/21/2002 Digitally signed M992 monitor driver. This driver has been signed to work with Windows 95, 98, Millennium, 2000 and XP. It includes the following files: M992.INF, M992.ICM and M992.CAT Interesting. Well for mine Control Panel does give a version and all, but then it says there are no actual driver files! Beats me why a monitor wouldn't just handle any signal sent to it..or why anyone would buy one that didn't! But I suppose the tech who advised the friend of the other poster could possibly have been right. -- Get on the NRA Blacklist: http://www.NRAblacklist.com |
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Paul Knudsen wrote:
On Tue, 17 Feb 2004 23:03:06 -0500, "Robert R Kircher, Jr." wrote: True, but a company that sells to the average user should be able to deal with that. Surely someone could have calmly and patiently explained to the woman in the other post that there are no such things as "Monitor Drivers". Maybe I didn't make that clear enough. No I understood you well. I guess if she wouldn't listen you you, she wouldn't listen to Dell either. That's exactly the problem I'm addressing. Many times people will not except the help they are given, and it these people who seem to have the support horror stories. -- Rob Q: "What did the redneck say right before he died?" A: "Hey ya'all watch this!!" |
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"Robert R Kircher, Jr." wrote in message ... Paul Knudsen wrote: On Tue, 17 Feb 2004 23:03:06 -0500, "Robert R Kircher, Jr." wrote: True, but a company that sells to the average user should be able to deal with that. Surely someone could have calmly and patiently explained to the woman in the other post that there are no such things as "Monitor Drivers". Maybe I didn't make that clear enough. No I understood you well. I guess if she wouldn't listen you you, she wouldn't listen to Dell either. That's exactly the problem I'm addressing. Many times people will not except the help they are given, and it these people who seem to have the support horror stories. -- Rob snip Yep. Sometimes "a little knowledge can be dangerous." For those who think they're too smart to take advice from a phone monkey, they'd be best fixing it on their own (since they're so smart, right?) . Stew |
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the drivers are for the speciality features the monitor has. The monitor
worked fine without installing the drivers, when I had to do a reinstall, I saw a ? in one of the hardware components in the Device Manager so I ruled out every device I already installed and came to the conclusion that I didn't install anything for the monitor, so I looked for the Monitor driver CD, installed the drivers and the ? went away "Paul Knudsen" wrote in message ... On Wed, 18 Feb 2004 04:07:45 GMT, "Dan Sgambelluri" wrote: here is the updated driver for my monitor from Dell M992, v.1.0, A00 File Date: 6/21/2002 Digitally signed M992 monitor driver. This driver has been signed to work with Windows 95, 98, Millennium, 2000 and XP. It includes the following files: M992.INF, M992.ICM and M992.CAT Interesting. Well for mine Control Panel does give a version and all, but then it says there are no actual driver files! Beats me why a monitor wouldn't just handle any signal sent to it..or why anyone would buy one that didn't! But I suppose the tech who advised the friend of the other poster could possibly have been right. -- Get on the NRA Blacklist: http://www.NRAblacklist.com |
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