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From: madd@world.std.com (jim frost)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Gateway 2000 repair issues
Message-ID: <1989Nov16.184253.15295@world.std.com>
Date: 16 Nov 89 18:42:53 GMT
References: <48273@bbn.COM>
Organization: Software Tool & Die
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syswerda@bbn.com (Gilbert Syswerda) writes:
>I talked to Gateway, and asked a sales rep what happens when the computer
>breaks after the one year warranty.

In my experience if a part doesn't break very early in the use of a
machine, it's not going to for a long time (external events, such as
earthquakes and children, excluded).  The only kinds of things you're
likely to have to replace are drives because they have moving parts,
and they generally last quite awhile.

Most of the times when I had a motherboard-level problem it showed up
within an hour or so of unpacking the machine.  I generally leave new
machines on for a day or two and use them sporadically to determine if
there might be other problems (marginal chips often fail with this
kind of usage), after which I stop worrying about it and get some work
done.  If it doesn't fail, it's not likely to.

jim frost
software tool & die
madd@std.com