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The worst tech support ever!
Freerepublic ^ | 12/17/2009 | Oshkalaboomboom

Posted on 12/17/2009 9:33:58 AM PST by Oshkalaboomboom

I purchased a Diamond All-In-Wonder HD video card to replace a Radeon HD that had failed on me. I have a pc that I use specifically for watching blurays and hdtv rips, connected to my tv via HDMI. It's not really important to me if the tuner works but I did pay for it and I can pick up free HD with a QAM tuner so I went to DMM's tech support site and put in a ticket. That was 9 days ago and it still hasn't even been viewed yet. They have a Live chat bar but it always says nobody is available. This has to be the worst tech support in history, even Microsoft will at least acknowledge you exist before messing everything up. I wouldn't recommend Diamond products to anyone after this.

http://www.dmmsupport.com/index.php?action=ticket&id=MjM1MzYtOTAwOTEyMDY0NQ==&ide=UHVyc2V2YWwuMUBnbWFpbC5jb20=


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: ati; diamond; videocard
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1 posted on 12/17/2009 9:33:59 AM PST by Oshkalaboomboom
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

Go with NVIDIA


2 posted on 12/17/2009 9:36:19 AM PST by NMEwithin
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To: Oshkalaboomboom
That was 9 days ago and it still hasn't even been viewed yet.

I viewed it. And I posted a reply on that thread. Can you see it on your end?

3 posted on 12/17/2009 9:37:11 AM PST by library user
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

Hmmm. I feel your pain, but is FR the best place for this post?


4 posted on 12/17/2009 9:39:12 AM PST by bolobaby
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To: NMEwithin
I don't know about anyone else's experience, but my last TWO nVidia cards have died on me. One lasted only 3 months.

I'm running an ATi/AMD Radeon now.

5 posted on 12/17/2009 9:39:34 AM PST by TChris ("Hello", the politician lied.)
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To: TChris

Really? I have always had good luck with NVidia cards...Oh Well...


6 posted on 12/17/2009 9:40:33 AM PST by NMEwithin
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

GO TO WWW.ANANDTECH.COM AND GO TO THE FORUMS


7 posted on 12/17/2009 10:06:01 AM PST by garykfd (American by Birth, Southern by the Grace of God)
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To: Oshkalaboomboom; CougarGA7

You should work for the company I’m in, then you’d know what major computer support suckage is all about.


8 posted on 12/17/2009 10:10:01 AM PST by Tijeras_Slim (Live jubtabulously!)
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To: Tijeras_Slim; Oshkalaboomboom

Our group actually changed their name from the “Help Desk” to the “Service Desk” because they came to realize that they were not Helpful, and “service” was more a nebulous term.


9 posted on 12/17/2009 10:13:12 AM PST by CougarGA7 (Merry Christmas)
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To: bolobaby
"Hmmm. I feel your pain, but is FR the best place for this post?"

Yes, it's an ideal place. Many Freepers pay attention to stuff like this and share and help each other.
10 posted on 12/17/2009 10:16:18 AM PST by RightOnTheLeftCoast (Obama: running for re-election in '12 or running for Mahdi now? [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahdi])
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To: bolobaby
Hmmm. I feel your pain, but is FR the best place for this post?

FR has a computer forum and a general chat forum, which is what I posted in. I'm generally chatting about how bad this computer company's support is. Did I do something wrong?

11 posted on 12/17/2009 10:17:15 AM PST by Oshkalaboomboom
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To: library user
I viewed it. And I posted a reply on that thread. Can you see it on your end

Yes, I can see it just fine. There is nothing wrong with the site. When I posted the ticket I received a prompt automated email reply stating that I was in the system. That was the last I've heard from them. Pitiful.

12 posted on 12/17/2009 10:20:48 AM PST by Oshkalaboomboom
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

Nope - I’m an ill-tempered j@ckass today.

Pay no mind. You’re doing it right.


13 posted on 12/17/2009 10:51:43 AM PST by bolobaby
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To: NMEwithin

Good luck with Nvidia. I have not been able to get an Nvidia SLI configuration to work despite replacing *every* component of the system, including the two video cards themselves.


14 posted on 12/17/2009 10:52:42 AM PST by bolobaby
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

I once bought a computer modem and it wouldn’t work. The only customer service contact was via a web site. There was no phone number.


15 posted on 12/17/2009 11:01:55 AM PST by mbynack (Retired USAF SMSgt)
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16 posted on 12/17/2009 11:07:09 AM PST by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: mbynack

What is a modem? ;)


17 posted on 12/17/2009 11:11:24 AM PST by TSgt (I long for Norman Rockwell's America.)
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To: CougarGA7

Where do you work, because the university I’m at did the same thing!


18 posted on 12/17/2009 11:17:14 AM PST by Ro_Thunder ("Other than ending SLAVERY, FASCISM, NAZISM and COMMUNISM, war has never solved anything")
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

Ah...the Diamond Multimedia/S3/SONICblue/Micronics/etc. trainwreck...


19 posted on 12/17/2009 11:32:35 AM PST by Gondring (Paul Revere would have been flamed as a naysayer troll and told to go back to Boston.)
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

Please don’t yell at tech support people. I got yelled at this morning and it hurt my feelings.


20 posted on 12/17/2009 12:10:48 PM PST by w1andsodidwe (Jimmy Carter(the Godfather of Terror) allowed radical Islam to get a foothold in Iran.)
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