About a month and a half ago I ordered a plethora of computer parts from both
www.tcwo.com and
www.tigerdirect.com to put a system together that would render my Pentium III 833 MHz obsolete. I got the parts, put it together, and everything was jim dandy... except when my system started crashing. FRQUENTLY. I had XP as my operating system (the most stable Windows OS, period), and I've never had a problem with it on my Pentium III, so I knew this was a major boo-boo. I had alleviated the crashing (for the most part) by reducing my FSB to 132 MHz (my processor is an Athlon 2200+) instead of the 133 it was capable of. It's weird that doing that would stabalize the system, I know... but the fact of the matter is, whenever I crank it up to 133 then my OS won't go more than two seconds without freezing. I removed all non-essential hardware and isolated the CPU or the motherboard to be the cause of this ridiculousness. Now I'm a busy man, I work 40 hours a week amongst other obligations I have to fulfill, so that explains my delay in contacting TCWO about my problem... first they told me it was an overheating problem, which I knew was BS, my CPU runs at a very safe temperature, and the heatsink is installed correctly. SOOO then they told me to get a return request number via email to talk to a techie about how I can exchange the defective merchandise. It's been a week since I've done that. They've been giving me the runaround and only respond once a DAY, asking the same question over and over and OVER and over. I THINK I'm entitled to an exchange if this started right when I put the system together! If I'm NOT I wish they'd tell me NOW so I can remind myself never to order from them again. Assholes.
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