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12.23.2003 -

thanks to mandalay for pointing out that my aim profile had an error. should be fixed now.

went to fry's today to do an exchange. let's backtract a bit. remember how i figured out my mobo was the cause of my computer problems. the mobo was purchased @ fry's, however it's been past 30 days. so the seller mails me a receipt of a recent purchase so i can get an exchange. i goto fry's today. i asked if i can exchange the mobo for a new one. i hand him the receipt and them mobo. he asks me what's wrong. i say it wont powerup. he asks does it sometimes boot up, or has it never booted up? i say, it has never booted up. he tells me to go pick up a new one and come back. i head over to the mobo section but was only able to find returned boxes. i go asked the csr (asian) if there were any new ecs k7vta3 mobos left. he tells me they're sold out. i told him my situation and he tells me either return the entire combo for money or come back when they have it in stock. i go, when do you think fry's is going to restock? he goes, who knows, it's holiday schedule. so im sorta pissed off @ his attitude, so i did some more searching myself. i noticed a stack of 3 ecs k7vta3 boxes on the top shelf. not sure if they're new or not, i go ask another csr (hispanic). when i asked if they had any k7vta3 boards left, he doesnt directly tell they're out of stock. he looks around, then i point to the 3 boxes up on the top shelf. he takes the ladder and brings one down. it was indeed a new mobo of the one i'm looking for. stupid asian csr lied to me. (lucky #1). i take this mobo to the return counter where the csr which was helping tells me to come over. he had setup the mobo im returning and the computer booted up. then i realized, the computer that didnt powerup was my computer @ home which the power supply blew. i'm like o shit! this mobo does infact boot up but will autoreboot within a few secs to a few mins. i then explained how i mixed up the 2 computer problems i was having and told him what really happened. he goes, it's kewl, just lemme know what the real problem is so i see if that's really the motherboard's problem. (lucky #2). he then takes a look @ the item i just brought with the item im returning and he goes, these 2 item #s are different. he continues looking around the box and couldn't find anything else that was different besides the item #. he takes the receipt and the defective mobo to the back and asks around. he comes back out to tell me, here's the funny thing. the item # on the receipt matches the item # on the new mobo, but not the mobo ur returning. (recall this receipt was for a more recent purchase, and not my original mobo's receipt). i'm thinking i'm screwed. he goes back in and chats talks to some more ppl, comes back out and says, u know what, i can't find any difference between these 2 items, so i'm just going ahead with this exchange. (lucky #3). i walk out with a new mobo despite all the problems which could've happened. (-_^x)

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