Dell :: Extend My Warranty A Few Weeks Before It Ends?
May 17, 2009I'm going to buy the M1730 tomm... if I get a one year warranty with the laptop. can I extend my warranty a few weeks before it ends?
View 10 RepliesI'm going to buy the M1730 tomm... if I get a one year warranty with the laptop. can I extend my warranty a few weeks before it ends?
View 10 RepliesMy HDD is defective, so i send my laptop to Dell support.
I also told them that my screen have grainy issue, so they might check it and hopefully they will do something about that (but not big issue though)
My 1year basic warranty will expire this June 2009, do i need to extend it more for 1 or 2years because of what happen to my HDD? I'm thinking of keeping this laptop until 2012
My XPS16 will be arriving within a week or two and I have a two year warranty with complete care. Lets say after 20 months or so, I decide that I want to extend the warranty, can I do it? And if so, how much?
View 10 Replies View RelatedWhere do you extend your XPS Warranty, thru online or by phone?.
How much if you want to extend it by 1 year....or 2years?..
I guess my NVIDIA have problem and i heard that they extend the warranty by a year. so does it mean that my warranty will expire by July 2010?..
No problems at all with my Inspiron 1520. My 2 year warranty ends in 2 weeks.
Anybody know how much a basic 1 year extension costs? Whats the worst that could happen? Motherboard dies? I'll go on ebay and buy a used board for $150 and be done with it. Seem a reasonable plan?
I was wondering how much it would cost to extend the warranty of a studio xps 16 through this site: [url]
I don't have a laptop yet, but I was wondering if I wanted to extend my warranty in the future how much would it cost?
I've owned my second hand Studio XPS 1640 for less than a month, but in that time I've experienced no issues whatsoever.
In your experience, what is the likelihood that something will go wrong beyond the first year of use,
given that nothing has so far? There are 4.5 months left of the 12 months in the warranty period.
I usually go for extending the warranty, but given that the cheapest option for this notebook is $199 Canadian per year, I need to think it over.
I have 6 days to decide whether to extend the warranty on my Inspiron 9400. The laptop cost me £1200 ($1800) when I bought it. The extention will cost me me £109 / $166.
This will take my warranty from 3 to 5 years NBD onsite response. Anyone think this is a good idea? I am happy with the performance of my laptop.
I ordered an XPS 16 i7 laptop yesterday, before I did I rang customer services and asked about delivery times. No one could give me a definitive answer but the general concessis was 7 - 10 working days.
Infact the day before I asked for an email quote which said 'If you confirm your Order today 09-December-2009 the order is estimated to be delivered on, or before 18-December-2009 ......
full review of studio 1640: how a perfect system ends up on ebay
View 4 Replies View RelatedI thought I would never have to write on these forums again about my troubles with dell. About a year ago to the date my M1710 died on me. I was given an M1730 as a replacement which took 2 months to recieve. It's been working fine till about two weeks ago. Turned it on. Stayed at a black screen.
Called Dell. Made me unscrew the back and try some dignostics. Sent me a new motherboard and memory modules last Monday. Tech came and replaced both. Turned on the machine to find it still doesn't work. He called in for a new LCD panel, bezel, screws, another motherboard to be sure and a new gpu.
Late last week I got an automated message saying one of my part(the dual 8800mgtx sli card is backlogged till October 5th...) Spoke to several techs and supervisors. One made a service request and guaranteed the gpu to come within 3-5 business days. Never recieved a call back and when I called them again, they told me OCT. 5th or later now...... The tech offered me a system replacement of a XPS Studio 16.
I reminded him that is not equal or better. I said I have a gaming laptop now and I want the next best thing since you stopped producing the M1730. I told him that the Alienware M17x is a fair replacement and I got the whole BS about how they are not authorized and stuff. I am in College and it has been two weeks already without a computer. I have had this M1730 for less than a year....... Truly pathetic.
I will check the status tomm but if nothings changed, I will have to take it up a notch with Mohammed at Dell..... My specs are M1730. 2.4ghz, 2 gigs ram, 120gb hd, dual sli 8800m gtx 1gb. Any advice would be great. I have a 4 yr. complete care warranty fyi. In it's last year.
 It seems as if my computer is caught in a loop. On boot up it is constantly configuring the computer for up date but don't get any further than that.  On startup it configures my computer for up date. But it never ends
View 2 Replies View Relatedi accidently stored a fully charged battery for almost 3 weeks, but yesterday when i attached it to my laptop, my laptop wont turn on. it is as if it cant supply power. i attached the ac cord to see if it was discharged but it wasnt, even windows recognizes it as fully charged. but again the battery cannot supply power to the laptop
is there anyway to save my battery or do i have to buy a new one
I plugged my HDMI cable into the computer today with the intention of duplicating the display on to my TV. When I do this the TV screen shows like I selected extend. I can extend the monitor and use the projector only setting, but duplicating does not work. I changed the Intel Graphics Options and the NVIDIA Control panel neither have worked. I have updated the bios, the NVIDIA and the Integrated drivers. I have even changed the resolution on both my computer and the TV with no fix.
What's the weirdest thing about this problem is that I have used this exact HDMI cable to this exact TV before and I didn't need to change a single setting and it worked great. I also took an ASUS laptop and plugged it in and used the FN + screen key, just like I would usually do with my Dell and the ASUS worked great.
I read a post on here that said when they update their BIOS it fixed this problem, although the post had other people that were not that lucky.
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I just recently placed an order for a Studio 1737 (replacing an Inspiron E1705). It comes with a 1 year warranty.
I'm debating whether it's worth spending $200+ to upgrade to a Dell 3 year warranty or should I get a 3 year Square Trade Warranty for less than $150 (I can get one for around $120 after a coupon)?
I was very excited to order a dell vostro 1520 online, and i got a great deal on it. i ordered the laptop on the 14th of this month, and according to the email they sent me, it was supposed to be delivered by the 30th... which is pretty late but since i was getting a pretty good deal IMO, i thought "whatever, as long as its here before may 4th".
however, earlier today i got a call from dell telling me that they wont be able to build the laptop since they dont make them anymore.... ??? couldnt they have told me this EARLIER like say, LAST WEEK?
the dell vostro 1520 is STILL listed on their website (dell.com and click on small business) along with many other laptops. i dont know what to do at this point. obviously i will have to order another laptop, and it will come VERY late according to my schedules and time constraints... but which dell laptop can i order and which shouldnt i even bother with since they dont build it anymore and apparently are too lazy to update the website?
I've got a problem. I have an HP monitor with a VGA output, and a TV with HDMI.
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They both work, but not at the same time. I can use one, or the other, but together? Nada. I want to extend my screen to the monitor, and then the TV.
I have a Dell XPS1330 and have a problem with it and I dont know if my laptop is still under warranty.
I searched on Dell's website with my service tag and the only thing I found was that I have a "Rapid Response Depot"? What does it mean? Does it mean that I can send my laptop to Dell to be repaired?
I read lots of people getting replacements for their 2-4 yr old laptops with Dell warranty. I've been using my e1505 since June 2007 and just ordered 1558 last weekend, but with only 1-yr basic warranty.
Which warranties are those people using? Premium or Advanced? Which is comparable to "Complete Care"? Also, would it be cheaper to buy more expensive warranty at the checkout or buy extension once I receive the system?
Warranties cost only a few hundred dollars and people just seem to be getting amazing replacement laptops, like e1505 to SXPS 16.
my question is, what's the best value with these warranties? I know I should probably be protected, but should I assume that after 1 year I'd be in the clear anyway? Also, I think the 1645 doesn't come with 2 year warranties (for some reason) so those would be out of the question.
View 10 Replies View RelatedThe reseller transferred the warranty and this was evident by tech support provided in the first few months of ownership. I recently contacted Dell due to my Nvidia Geforce 8800M graphics card not being disabled by Windows. I assume I have a physical problem with my card..
Dell now says I do not have a warranty, that it was never transferred. I pointed out the early tech support and the fact that I know for a fact the warranty was transferred by the reseller. Dell tells me to recontact the reseller and again have the warranty transferred. The reseller is out of business..
Am I up a creek without a paddle or is Dell sandbagging due to the onslaught of video problems with XPS M1730's..
To keep is short I was trying to extend the warrant for my xps m1530.The online systems doesn’t seem to be working after hitting purchase options the page just keeps reloading with Firefox or IE so it’s off to the phone.
My first call I get a quote of $169 for a 1 year or $255 plus a $50 rebate for 2 years. Can you imagine I get disconnected? I call back now I get a quote of $179 for a one year and $254 with no rebate available for 2 years. I ask to speak to a supervisor and of course get disconnect again.
Now I try the chat system here is what I got from them.
05/27/2010 02:33:26PMAgent (E&A_RR_Rep_Rick): "for one year, it would be $279, and for two years it's $418.69"
05/27/2010 02:33:48PMAgent (E&A_RR_Rep_Rick): "i could offer a $75 giftcard on either one, but that's the only price i have"
While I’m chatting a supervisor calls me and we agree on a deal for $254 for 2 years. I didn’t have a credit card with me so said she would call me at 1pm to make the purchase. She calls gets all the information goes off to process it. Comes back no saying it would be $279 for 1 and $418 for 2 with no gift card available.
I asked to speak to her supervisor and of course disconnected again if you can imagine that. Well thanks for letting me vent.Dell has just lost a long time customer.
Going to purchase an E6500 and am wondering which OS to go with. This laptop will need to play well with the other machines on our home intranet in terms of file/printer sharing and such. Two of these machines have vista home and two with xp home.
The options are:
vista home basic - included in price
vista business - +$50
1. What are main differences between vista home and vista business?
2. Are both the vista home and vista business 64 bit? If not, how important is the whole 32 bit, 64 bit deal?
In addition, some clarification on the warranty options would be appreciated. I did read the description but am still a little confused.
The options are:
3 year limited + 3 year mail in - included in price
So this means 3 year warranty total, possibly no understandable English speaking phone support, and you must mail in the machine for repair .....
I'm about to purchase an M4400 as a mobile editing station but I've only got one reservation. Basically, I can buy one with a dell 3 year warranty or I can buy a better speced one for 20% less that doesn't have a warranty as it's from a liquidation of assets sale.
Now, I'm pretty handy with computers/laptop and in the past I've taken apart laptops to replace CPU's, motherboards, hard drives, etc. so I'm fairly comfortable with fixing things when they go wrong. But my question is whether I should expect things to go wrong. I'm especially concerned about the screen and the occurrence of dead pixels. Is this commonplace and how many dead pixels does it take for dell to accept a returns anyway?
At home I have a Dell 2407WFP-HC and I've never had any problems with it. I built my desktop computer myself and I'm not concerned with parts of it going wrong as it's easy to find replacement parts, but the same can't be said for laptops, and there is a significant cost differential!
So, is it worth paying a 25% premium to have the dell warranty? I'm a frugal man, and a penny saved is always a good thing in my book, but not at the expense of having to shell out in 6 months when something goes wrong .....
I have a 4 year warranty on my 1730, I was considering getting a x9000 processor and installing it myself. Would this void my warranty at all?
View 4 Replies View RelatedI have a Dell Inspiron e1705 with the following specs:
Dual Core 1.86
2GB RAM
120GB HD
WUXGA
ATI x1400
The warranty is getting ready to end in a few days so I called Dell to see how much it would be to extend it. They gave me a quote of $169 for one year or $255 for two years (complete care would be additional).
Well, let me start off by saying that I received by M1530 at the beginning of this year as an exchange for a Vostro 1500 I had a bunch of little issues with.
To be honest, there was nothing truly wrong with the Vostro 1500, but I'm a sly-talking-Computer-Science-major that was sick of dell support giving me the run-around dozens of times, so I bullied them and got a $1400 system to replace my original $800 purchase
Now the dreaded heat issues related to the 8600m gt are starting to rear their ugly heads. Dell covers this issue a year past the regular warranty, so I have until February or something for the card to die or warrant a replacement.
So my issue is that I originally did not want to deal with dell support so I went ahead and put some AS-5 on the GPU and CPU. Previously I was experiences system shut down during heavy gaming.
The AS-5 only lowered the temperature a couple of degrees average (celsius) and it's been over 200 hours for the curing ......
I am guessing my GPU crapped out on me because when I install video drivers and reboot the system it won't boot into Windows without safe mode. Anyways, is it possible to get a replacement GPU without a warranty? Anything I can talk to about Dell Customer Service about? I'm broke and I just got the laptop.
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View 10 Replies View RelatedI paid extra for 3 years of completecare when I bought my SXPS16. Recently, I found a number of scratches on the inside of the screen and called them up hoping for a replacement screen. They told me that I'd have to send it in. Do I really not have the onsite? I wouldn't have paid extra for the warranty had I known that they wouldn't send a tech if problems arose.
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