I dont freaking believe it! Hp selling crap again

[sgtarky]

I dont know why I keep purchasing HP's . I thought I'd like a tx1210. Purchased it on Monday 24th shipper said I'd get it aug 7. Well I was surprised to see fedex pull up a few minutes ago. Within a few minutes I was un packing putting it together. I get to the vista inital setup screen. Put in user name/password, screen goes dim/black. unplug it take battery out put it back in rebooted....dont even see bios screen. it appears to be booting up. just contacted hp they said it needs to be replaced but aafes uses a third party vendor might be a few days before they contact me.....here we go again.

[suland]

Well...happens. But very rare... Calm down and wait for your's Aug 7th date

[jbachandouris]

Sorry, not HP this time. As a PC tech, I know from experience that the pre-imaged hard drives take some time to boot. When you pulled the battery, YOU crashed the image. It happens on Dell PC's this way to. When I opened my new HP, there was a note telling me about the first boot up being long and NOT to turn it off until it completed.

[TwiztOG43]

I dont know why I keep purchasing HP's . I thought I'd like a tx1210. Purchased it on Monday 24th shipper said I'd get it aug 7. Well I was surprised to see fedex pull up a few minutes ago. Within a few minutes I was un packing putting it together. I get to the vista inital setup screen. Put in user name/password, screen goes dim/black. unplug it take battery out put it back in rebooted....dont even see bios screen. it appears to be booting up. just contacted hp they said it needs to be replaced but aafes uses a third party vendor might be a few days before they contact me.....here we go again.

so it seems like it was your fault, when you took out the battery, especially when you first set up a new tablet/notebook, because thats when you are supposed to configure it. you should have plugged it in and not have taken out the battery

[sgtarky]

ok, maybe I wasnt clear. when the screen went dim. I shut it down. it was plugged in with battery. I powered it back on NO BIOS screen shows up, it appears to be booting up, I can see the hd activity light. I think its the lid closed switch has malfunctioned

[mtylerjr]

See what trouble a little impatience causes?

Next time, give it a little more time before giving up.

[sgtarky]

Mtylerjr, I was clarifying the issue, it is dead. twiz says I mucked it up by removing the battery, yes that would hose the os, should not effect the BIOS, how else would you reimage it.

[kubel]

Sorry, not HP this time. As a PC tech, I know from experience that the pre-imaged hard drives take some time to boot. When you pulled the battery, YOU crashed the image. It happens on Dell PC's this way to. When I opened my new HP, there was a note telling me about the first boot up being long and NOT to turn it off until it completed.

An image restoration gone bad doesn't cause a system to fail to post, unless the initial boot process applies a BIOS update or something and it crashed just as it was flashing. Even then, he had problems before he powered it down. Not his fault.

Seems like it was just a dud. Sometimes HP replaces DOA systems with brand new systems- instead of making you go through the repair process, they just send you another system.

Good luck!

[sgtarky]

sorry about the rant, I was just more pissed off about the last one,(dv8130) it works fine except it isnt very loud, playing movies, music ect, been to hp 2 times they never fixed. Anyway this tx1210 hp told me to contact the place I bought it from, they recommend replacement. The place I bought it from said they would contact me in a few days with shipping details. I am a PC tech aswell.

[TwiztOG43]

my bad, sorry probably one of the unlucky few who got a lemon