How to screw up a laptop?

I arranged a courier to pick up my laptop for repairs for a battery problem, but all of a sudden, the problem disappears. The courier is coming within a week, and I need to justify his arrival with some major problem in my Acer 8930G. I also desire to return this laptop, as I have realized 5KG is just too much.

I don't mean to grab a sledgehammer and pound the case in and break the laptop into pieces, I mean to cause some problem internally. I don't want to be cutting wires and connectors either. I know Acer tech guys (especially Aussie tech guys) aren't that tech savvy and will probably just format the HDD and replace it.

Any suggestions?

 

What was the problem in the first place ? Obviously you described the problem to acer customer services beforehand?

 

however, bear in mind that the technicians usually know these tricks and recognize the "internally caused problem", meant problem intentionally caused by user. you won't have functioning laptop nor money. and in such cases, they love to offer the most expensive solution, and won't bother to mention any cheaper. no wonder...

next time at least you'll think twice before buying something huge like this.

 

Just try to screw around with the HDD. That's all you can do, I guess.

Anything else done by you will be considered as an accident, and Acer doesn't provide Accidental Cover, and will charge for the repair/replacement.

Or, just cancel the courier.

 

Nah, I see this as an opportunity to get rid of this thing

My previous problem was that the notebook was unable to close the lid and boot up again.

Right now I do have some issues;
The speaker crackles when two applications are playing sounds at once
The laptop cannot restart. The thing shuts down and powers on again but the screen won't turn on.

Do you think I can apply for a refund for these two things?

 

Hi.

Is it really appropriate to discuss how to intentionally kill a laptop, after all it is fraud!

Regards

John.

 

Thats bad man! Dont understand how do you ever feel like killing an expensive gadget in front of your own eyes(knowingly)...I dont feel what you are doing is right and this thread may not last long..

 

That doesn't really seem to be "defective". More of a BIOS or software issue, which might get fixed with a driver and BIOS update in the future.

Remember that Acer is definitely not the best company when it comes to customer service.

You could just sell this thing w/warranty....Simple!

 

1. Use CPU/GPU benchmarking software
2. Stick a pin inside the fan so that it doesnt turn
3. Run the softwares until laptop died by itself
4. Repeat for 1000 times

Hmmm ... Im not a laptop killer ... I love my xps too much to even think about it

Its meant to be a joke. lol .....

 

If I were you, I'd sell it. But for my thinking, purposely killing a laptop just for the sake of technicians isn't worth doing in my personal belief. It may ache a tech nerd's heart. I see computers as a tool to aid our needs. They should be taken cared no matter how severed they are.

Well if you really want to kill a computer without physically damaging it, go flash an incorrect BIOS, and while in the processing of flashing, force shut down via power button.

Overall, you should think before doing something drastic. I believe you paid this machine with your hard earned cash - or someone else did, at least.

PS, plasma, I saw your sig once, were you planning for further upgrades to your 8930G?

 

Yeh, but you know. Those were going to happen once I go to the US next year as Australian prices are, in a word, ********. 1400 AUD for an Intel X-25E?!!

Destroying this laptop of course would be hard emotionally, but I don't think Acer deserves my money. Unfortunately, I went on holiday a week after the laptop arrived so I missed the 30 day guarantee. Ever since, this thing has caused nothing but trouble.

1. I found viruses in most of the supplied Acer utilities and apps. That included the important ePower and eRecovery tools as well.
2. Almost every part of the laptop performs under par for me. Out of the box, T9400 scored 36 sec in wPrime, 9700M GT 5400 in 3DMark06 and the 320GB HDD an average of 23mb/s in HDTune. I know, i know, they are all just synthetic benchmarks but they do convey the overall performance quite well. Example: the GPU (I've tried EVERY driver under the sun) struggles with windowed Fallout 3 with medium settings. Even scrolling through COD4 menus lag a 6-7 fps average. The HDD transfers unbearably slow, even through an E- SATA port.

There are way more problems I can think of, but typing on this stupid iPod is frustratingly slow.

 

I suppose Tinderbox has hit a problem - you can't obviously intentionally dammage the laptop, this would be fraud.
Especially if Acer will have to fit a repair bill.

You could however, argue with tech support that the laptop does not offer the performance expected - it is significantly lower, bla, bla, bla.

And then maybe ask for money back, or send it to and fro a couple of times until they give up.

Don't try to do anything that could be seen as willful damage.

 

Discussion on fraud is prohibited by the forum rules. If you have a legitimate concerns about the laptop, then take it up with the Acer's management.