Harman/Kardon Amplifier

Well already the warranty I purchased for my new (used) car has damn near paid for itself..  I was driving into work in the CLK, listening to my tunes when I noticed I needed gas..  I pulled into the gas station and shut off the car to fill it up..

Upon restart, my sound system wasn’t working.  It acted like it was working but for whatever reason no sound was coming out of the speakers..   Something had gone wrong..

I mentioned previously that I didn’t like used cars… this is why.  You never know how badly the car was abused by the previous owner..  With that thought firmly in mind I went ahead and paid an extra $2k to get the additional 4 year bumper to bumper warranty on the car when buying it.

Everything on the car appears to be in perfect shape — like new.  And it could well be that this was just one of those things..  Electronics fail eventually.. but seriously, this is a high quality audio system and it failed after only 2 years?   I have never had a car audio system stop working.. And none of my previous cars had anywhere near the price tag on their systems..

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It’s fixed!  The dreaded #134 Error is no more!   And for the most part the Blizzard tech support people are completely worthless.. But I get ahead of myself.

Firstly, what it’s not;

The blizzard folks over at their forums, as well as those you get ahold of on the phone.. and via email will try to blame everything on you.  The reason for this will come clear shortly, but in a way they are right and in a way wrong.

The World of Warcraft #134 error is so vague and broad in scope that it is the support equivalent to, “It broke!”…  It could be any number of things, but the thing they just about always tell you it is, is memory.  Read the forums and you’ll always see some asshat chiming in that it must be your memory..  The issue I had with that response is that I had run tests against my 4 gigs of memory both in linux, and in windows using multiple tools as well as testing each stick individually..  My memory was flawless every time.. even using the test blizzard suggested I use.

Once I proved that, they suddenly tried to blame some other facet of my hardware..  Long story short, everything they suggested WAS WRONG.  Period..

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 ”Updates are ready for your computer.  Click here to download these updates. ” But don’t expect Windows XP to actually know how to install them.  I’m stunned by yet another sloppy piece of work by Microsoft.  This almost smacks of an intentional ploy on their part to say “well if you just go to Vista this wont be a problem.”

So, to sum up; Windows XP Service Pack 3, wont install unless you hack your into your registry.   That’s the short of it.

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I’m now officially to the point where I hate Fry’s - more over, I’m completely baffled as to how they stay in business. Every time I buy something there, it’s defective and usually has been opened and returned before. If someone returns a product for being broken, why do they insist on putting it back out on the floor?! Does boxing it up some how make it magically work? - It’s over Fry’s. I officially will no longer shop at your stores.

I’d rather have higher prices on products that actually work, rather than deal with your shit..

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I’m so sick of religious debates.. And I’m not even talking about religion.. I’m talking about every nerds favorite argument.. which operating system is the best - which of course invariably leads into the bashing of Microsoft.. Microsoft is evil.. Bill Gates is the devil.. Windows sucks.. etc..

Why can’t people discussing intelligent software solutions from different paradigms agree to disagree on this point.. and move the hell on?!
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