therick0145

1.) Okay, I bought this off an eBay user I tohught I knew... apparently he didnt buy the three year warranty with it like he said he did. Machine worked well until I took it to Europe... too much power despite multiple power converters. I believe it overheated one night and now has some heat damage.. the processor fan may not be spinning, the system fan is on but the machine overheats at a much quicker rate than before.

2.) Also, the sound card quit working the night of the incident, the machine has since been formatted for virus reasons and the sound card still gives no sound out headphones or external speakers. I have bought a PCMCIA sound blaster audigy card. Is there any way I can re-rout the onboard sound card to the PCMCIA slot so that my speakers use this new sound card?


So in short, should I pay dell the 200 for replacing my 'z' key, fan, and the possible re-rout; or use a third party store/friends?


Thanks in advance,
-- R. Welch
welch@susqu.edu <home address>
rick.welch@prudential.com <work address>