Computer problem, part 23987987

[DGuller]

So the new PC arrives, and the setup goes fine, until the point where I turn the computer on.  The problem is that it does not turn on at all, nada.  The light at the power supply is on, so I know I've got juice going to it.  Right now I'm online chatting with an HP rep, and other than for "Cindy" having major English grammar and vocabulary issues, her seeming unfamiliarity with computers, and her inability to understand the nature of my problem, things are going smoothly.  This is not a good week for me.

[DGuller]

Now I'm taking apart the computer and taking the RAM modules out.  That should be productive. 

[Phillip V]

What games do you want to play?

[Josephus]

Erm.....when I got this PC, I was told that the first time you run Vista it takes a few minutes of nervous anticipation for it to start up.

[DGuller]

Does that nervous anticipation include lack of any power button lights, fan sounds, or any other sign that the computer is alive?

[DGuller]

BTW, how do you untie those plastic bands that go around the wires and bunch them up?  Do you just cut them, or is there a safer way?

[DGuller]

Looks like CMOS battery problem was the cause.  Thankfully the tech with an actual Indian name proved to be much more useful.

[DGuller]

And maybe it wasn't.  For fuck's sake.

[DGuller]

So much for me buying a complete brand name to avoid the headaches.

[Phillip V]

Look at the positive side.

[DGuller]

I'm this close to just sending this POS back and going to do-it-yourself route. 

[DGuller]

Wasted the whole fucking day just for the pleasure of speaking to HP reps. 

[DGuller]

Finally they're asking me to send it back for repair.  I think I will send it back for good instead.

[Weatherman]

/waits for BB to talk about Macs.

[DGuller]

That might just push me over the edge.