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<blockquote data-quote="delericho" data-source="post: 6090083" data-attributes="member: 22424">Actually, it does in one specific case. And, perhaps ironically, it's the very case the OP is suffering from: where something is wrong with the machine, but he's not sure what component is to blame. In this case, if your warranty is for the parts, it's not going to help you until you can pin it down, but if your warranty is with Dell for the whole machine, then it's incumbent on them to find the problem and fix it.In the past, I've done the &quot;name buy&quot; thing, the &quot;build from parts&quot; thing, and even the &quot;buy parts and have someone put them together for you&quot; thing. Each of which had merits and drawbacks.(FWIW, my most recent PC purchase was a laptop bought in probably the least-optimal manner possible. Really, I should have known better than to even consider doing what I did. But then, it's lasted me for about six years now almost without issue, still does everything I actually need, and has only ever had a RAM upgrade. It's fair to say that I got really lucky on that one!)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="delericho, post: 6090083, member: 22424"] Actually, it does in one specific case. And, perhaps ironically, it's the very case the OP is suffering from: where [i]something[/i] is wrong with the machine, but he's not sure what component is to blame. In this case, if your warranty is for the parts, it's not going to help you until you can pin it down, but if your warranty is with Dell for the whole machine, then it's incumbent on them to find the problem and fix it. In the past, I've done the "name buy" thing, the "build from parts" thing, and even the "buy parts and have someone put them together for you" thing. Each of which had merits and drawbacks. (FWIW, my most recent PC purchase was a laptop bought in probably the least-optimal manner possible. Really, I should have known better than to even consider doing what I did. But then, it's lasted me for about six years now almost without issue, still does everything I actually need, and has only ever had a RAM upgrade. It's fair to say that I got [i]really[/i] lucky on that one!) [/QUOTE]

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