Ok, there is already a couple Compaq threads going on, and I decided that I would start my own 
Here is my story, just the facts first:
1) January '99 my gf bought a computer.
2) January '99 the power supply fails, two weeks later it is finally replaced with a rocking 165 watt one.
3) August '00, unable to get into bios to disable power on password.
4) September '00, the thing finally craps out, from what I can figure out something on the motherboard went bad (saying that it held the soundcard, modem, NIC, video, ide controllers, the kitchen sink) something was bound to go out.
5. I call Compaq, her warranty has experied in July. They offer no tech support, but will for $$. I laugh and click off the phone.
6. Early October '00 I salvage what I can (hard drive, CD-ROM, monitor, keyboard, mouse, RAM, floppy) and build a new computer. I am unable to use the case because they decided to use AT when ATX was the standard. Oh well, two tears.
7. Novemeber '00 her monitor is slowly dying (she refuses to buy a new one...I don't know how she can stand it with the screwy refreshing and wacked out gamma).
8. Late November '00, her hard drive fails (it was a great 4400 RPM (I think) Quantum Bigfoot TX, the thing was 5 1/4", now when was the last time you saw a 5 1/4" hard drive???
9. March '01 Her floppy drive has never worked right, replaced with a pullout from an old computer.
Facts done... now my opinion.
Compaq does build a decent machine for a cheap price if you NEVER want to upgrade ANYTHING. Your machine is good while it is under warranty.
Ok, that is enough of me being nice...it seems WAY to convenient that suddenly after the warranty expires components start to fail. Hmmm...what a coincidence! It just seems way too convenient to sell replacement parts when you computer fails, after all all the components are conviently labeled "REPLACE WITH COMPAQ PART XXXXX". Now that is forward thinking!
Here is my story, just the facts first:1) January '99 my gf bought a computer.
2) January '99 the power supply fails, two weeks later it is finally replaced with a rocking 165 watt one.
3) August '00, unable to get into bios to disable power on password.
4) September '00, the thing finally craps out, from what I can figure out something on the motherboard went bad (saying that it held the soundcard, modem, NIC, video, ide controllers, the kitchen sink) something was bound to go out.
5. I call Compaq, her warranty has experied in July. They offer no tech support, but will for $$. I laugh and click off the phone.
6. Early October '00 I salvage what I can (hard drive, CD-ROM, monitor, keyboard, mouse, RAM, floppy) and build a new computer. I am unable to use the case because they decided to use AT when ATX was the standard. Oh well, two tears.
7. Novemeber '00 her monitor is slowly dying (she refuses to buy a new one...I don't know how she can stand it with the screwy refreshing and wacked out gamma).
8. Late November '00, her hard drive fails (it was a great 4400 RPM (I think) Quantum Bigfoot TX, the thing was 5 1/4", now when was the last time you saw a 5 1/4" hard drive???
9. March '01 Her floppy drive has never worked right, replaced with a pullout from an old computer.
Facts done... now my opinion.
Compaq does build a decent machine for a cheap price if you NEVER want to upgrade ANYTHING. Your machine is good while it is under warranty.
Ok, that is enough of me being nice...it seems WAY to convenient that suddenly after the warranty expires components start to fail. Hmmm...what a coincidence! It just seems way too convenient to sell replacement parts when you computer fails, after all all the components are conviently labeled "REPLACE WITH COMPAQ PART XXXXX". Now that is forward thinking!
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