DaGaffer
Down With That Sorta Thing
- Joined
- Dec 22, 2003
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Here's a word of warning for anyone considering buying a Vaio desktop - don't.
I've just knackered one of the internal power leads from my PSU to my harddisk (its a long and painful story - let's just say I shouldn't be allowed inside a PC as I'm a fuckwit and leave it at that
). I can probably fix the problem by using a splitter off another connector, but I'm nervous about causing more damage; sooo, I called Sony about getting a replacement PSU (because guess what, they use proprietary ones, reason number one not to buy Sony). They charged my £12 just to take the call, because I'm 3 months out of warranty 
(reason 2), and they won't sell me a PSU! They insist it has to come back to them for repair (reason 3). Finally they won't tell me what it will cost until after they've seen it, but it could be between £100 and £300! (reason 4).
As soon as its fixed I'm flogging it on eBay and buying a shuttle.
I've just knackered one of the internal power leads from my PSU to my harddisk (its a long and painful story - let's just say I shouldn't be allowed inside a PC as I'm a fuckwit and leave it at that
). I can probably fix the problem by using a splitter off another connector, but I'm nervous about causing more damage; sooo, I called Sony about getting a replacement PSU (because guess what, they use proprietary ones, reason number one not to buy Sony). They charged my £12 just to take the call, because I'm 3 months out of warranty (reason 2), and they won't sell me a PSU! They insist it has to come back to them for repair (reason 3). Finally they won't tell me what it will cost until after they've seen it, but it could be between £100 and £300! (reason 4). As soon as its fixed I'm flogging it on eBay and buying a shuttle.
