# Hp computers and warranty Rant **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [December 14, 2009, 4:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hp-computers-and-warranty-rant/204355 "2009-12-14T16:24:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BigMack\_Srt8](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bigmack_srt8/32/6025_2.png) [@BigMack\_Srt8](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BigMack_Srt8)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 4:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hp-computers-and-warranty-rant/204355/1 "2009-12-14T16:24:42Z")
So recently my home computer has been giving me alot of problems ie: Giving me the WSOD randomly and sometimes not booting. So i run the hp diagnostic tool and everything comes back fine until it gets to the boot path. Error: Biohd-5 is the code. Now for some reason my computer wont boot. So i contact hp support and he tells me my hard drive is bad and thats why im getting the error. So i asked him why did the tool scan the hard drives and come back and say they were good. He couldnt give me an answer. So i asked him if he can tell me if its covered under my warranty and then he comes back and tells me the warranty on my machine ended 2 days ago… WTF! So i restart my computer and run the test again and everything came back perfect but wouldnt boot? Im confused. I think its a windows vista error but who knows. So then he asks me if i have my restore cds . I told him my computer never came with them so i now have to spend 16 dollars for them to send them to me. I forgot why i built my own computers before. ---
**Author:** ![spoolinsteve](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/spoolinsteve/32/6026_2.png) [@spoolinsteve](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/spoolinsteve)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 4:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hp-computers-and-warranty-rant/204355/2 "2009-12-14T16:27:47Z")
you fail! ---
**Author:** ![4doors5gears](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/4doors5gears/32/6006_2.png) [@4doors5gears](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/4doors5gears)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 4:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hp-computers-and-warranty-rant/204355/3 "2009-12-14T16:39:25Z")
Well if you can’t see the warning logo on the front of the case, then you deserve it! Just playin, I hated dealing with HP users when I worked for Comcast, they called us cus they hated dealing with HP support, same with Dell. ---
**Author:** ![T34418L31](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e56c9b/32.png) [@T34418L31](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/T34418L31)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 4:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hp-computers-and-warranty-rant/204355/4 "2009-12-14T16:39:27Z")
I had this same problem. Here’s the fix - 1. Fuck bitches 2. Get money 3. Computer works ---
**Author:** ![whitey](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/whitey/32/5911_2.png) [@whitey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/whitey)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 5:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hp-computers-and-warranty-rant/204355/5 "2009-12-14T17:05:37Z")
Hard drives die all the time just deal with it. Put a RAID controller in and run a RAID 1 setup and never have to deal with it again. ---
**Author:** ![BigMack\_Srt8](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bigmack_srt8/32/6025_2.png) [@BigMack\_Srt8](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BigMack_Srt8)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 5:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hp-computers-and-warranty-rant/204355/6 "2009-12-14T17:11:25Z")
for my home computer its kind of pointless to run raid imo because i dont have information i cant live without if something like this happens. . Business computers i can understand doing it. Im pretty sure it was a software problem as i just installed xp on it and its working fine. ---
**Author:** ![whitey](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/whitey/32/5911_2.png) [@whitey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/whitey)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 5:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hp-computers-and-warranty-rant/204355/7 "2009-12-14T17:29:46Z")
RAID is cheap insurance. I run it everywhere I possibly can with the cost of drives… why not? Stop looking at porn and you won’t have these random no boot issues. ---
**Author:** ![T70\_Tsi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/898d66/32.png) [@T70\_Tsi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/T70_Tsi)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 5:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hp-computers-and-warranty-rant/204355/8 "2009-12-14T17:33:10Z")
If there’s nothing on it that you don’t care about then why are you bitching if the drive is bad?? You can probably buy the drive you have in it for like $20 these days. Any time I see a failure involving anyhing with a drive I replace it. ---
**Author:** ![BigMack\_Srt8](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bigmack_srt8/32/6025_2.png) [@BigMack\_Srt8](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BigMack_Srt8)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 5:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hp-computers-and-warranty-rant/204355/9 "2009-12-14T17:41:49Z")
its a 640gig western digital so its only like 50 bucks but i was pretty much bitching about how my warranty just went out. Its how my luck goes with these types of things. Whitey usually when i set up raids in my business computers there only like 120gig hds max and there both the same one. I have an extra 320g hd lying around can i use that and as long as i dont go above 320gigs used i shoud be fine right? The main would be 640 and the second would be 320g ---
**Author:** ![T70\_Tsi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/898d66/32.png) [@T70\_Tsi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/T70_Tsi)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 7:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hp-computers-and-warranty-rant/204355/10 "2009-12-14T19:50:19Z")
If you try to create an array with those 2 drives it will limit total space to the smaller drive. ---
**Author:** ![Shaggy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shaggy/32/5945_2.png) [@Shaggy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shaggy)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 8:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hp-computers-and-warranty-rant/204355/11 "2009-12-14T20:14:23Z")
People collect porn still? Sheesh, that was done in highschool ---
**Author:** ![Darkstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@Darkstar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Darkstar)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2009, 5:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hp-computers-and-warranty-rant/204355/12 "2009-12-15T05:30:47Z")
> [@BigMack\_Srt8"](#): > > but i was pretty much bitching about how my warranty just went out. Its how my luck goes with these types of things. Why? That just means it was designed properly. I have a friend who is an engineer that used to work for GE. He said he always had twice as much time engineering a part to fail just after its warranty ran out as he did engineering the part itself from scratch. ---
**Author:** ![spoolinsteve](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/spoolinsteve/32/6026_2.png) [@spoolinsteve](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/spoolinsteve)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2009, 9:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hp-computers-and-warranty-rant/204355/13 "2009-12-15T09:16:23Z")
lol shit has internal timers on it nowadays. once they are up it releases a incendiary grenade inside and fucks everything up ---
**Author:** ![dyingwish](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dyingwish/32/6041_2.png) [@dyingwish](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dyingwish)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2009, 10:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hp-computers-and-warranty-rant/204355/14 "2009-12-15T10:02:28Z")
> [@1-18-08 Movie (wtf)](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1-18-08-movie-wtf/32593/125): > > I had this same problem. Here’s the fix - > > 1. Fuck bitches > 2. Get money > 3. Computer works :blue: It’s worth a shot. ---
**Author:** ![starboy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/starboy/32/5985_2.png) [@starboy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/starboy)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2009, 12:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hp-computers-and-warranty-rant/204355/15 "2009-12-15T12:58:51Z")
you can get like 500gb drives for around 50 bucks, hell you can get a 1tb for 90. I would buy a external drive for your porn though Mike. ---
**Author:** ![fmfkid250](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fmfkid250/32/5973_2.png) [@fmfkid250](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fmfkid250)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2009, 3:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hp-computers-and-warranty-rant/204355/16 "2009-12-15T15:03:07Z")
> [@Bought myself a present](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bought-myself-a-present/41814/4): > > Stop looking at porn and you won’t have these random no boot issues. :whitey: ---
**Author:** ![Wayne9125](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/wayne9125/32/6045_2.png) [@Wayne9125](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Wayne9125)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2009, 8:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hp-computers-and-warranty-rant/204355/17 "2009-12-20T08:43:04Z")
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