Hi, I may have made a school boy error in my first used PC purchase. This is a technical question and a request for how bad a deal I made on the 790 purchase lol?!
I visited on 28/11/2018 a small local PC repair company rated 5 star in Exeter as my Advent DT-2213 had a fault.
The PC man said the 1155 motherboard was faulty and 1155 motherboards were hard to get hold of due to age. So PC man said not really worth repairing the Advent and the Advent was mostly made with mostly rubbish parts/awful case layout options etc.
So he talked me into a Dell refurbished, Dell Optiflex 790 SFF i3 2120 with 120 GB SSD, for £250 with 90 days warranty (although the £250 included at least 2-3 hours of checking my Advent for faults and sales chat etc, plus the lad was a nice guy and he seemed to talk straight etc). He did not want the money that day and was not pushy.
However, before the sale was made, I asked if the i7 2600 from the Advent can be fitted to the Dell 790, PC man said no, I said why? PC man said not the same connection for the processor, 1155 is needed.
However Q1 I discovered a day or two ago, after reading up in the 790 SFF, that the i3 2120 fitted in the 790 I bought is also a 1155 connection, have I been duped here? (Especially as he said the Advent was not worth repairing as the 1155 motherboards are hard to get etc, due to age, yet he then sells me the 790 which has the same dated 1155 motherboard in). Plus discovering on my own that the 790 was around 2011/2012 was a little annoying.
Q2, On the day of sale when the PC man loaded the PC to show me it working, the PC would not load and the screen said roughly, 'Passwords can not be set/changed as they have been deleted and the Password Jumper has been removed etc'. (When I queried this, PC man said the password jumper is not needed/not important) PC man then did some work on the PC whilst I watched and then the PC loaded, still showing the 'password jumper error message'. So is the password jumper important/needed now and in the future?
Q3, Why would the password jumper be removed anyway?
I am taking the PC back tomorrow to have a chat with the PC man, but I was just curious if I have been stitched up, thankfully I have paid by credit card so I can cover any problems with refund, so I of course am not looking for help with refund etc (if I go that path), I am just aware how much knowledge is available online and if anyone could give any advice/info that would be great, thanks.
Usually I am super careful with anything I buy, but due to wanting to try a local seller for a PC to avoid long distance repairs in the future etc, I went with the seller with the best reviews locally, I am just hoping I have not been burned for being a PC user with little technical knowledge lol.
Thanks in advance, From Richard.
I visited on 28/11/2018 a small local PC repair company rated 5 star in Exeter as my Advent DT-2213 had a fault.
The PC man said the 1155 motherboard was faulty and 1155 motherboards were hard to get hold of due to age. So PC man said not really worth repairing the Advent and the Advent was mostly made with mostly rubbish parts/awful case layout options etc.
So he talked me into a Dell refurbished, Dell Optiflex 790 SFF i3 2120 with 120 GB SSD, for £250 with 90 days warranty (although the £250 included at least 2-3 hours of checking my Advent for faults and sales chat etc, plus the lad was a nice guy and he seemed to talk straight etc). He did not want the money that day and was not pushy.
However, before the sale was made, I asked if the i7 2600 from the Advent can be fitted to the Dell 790, PC man said no, I said why? PC man said not the same connection for the processor, 1155 is needed.
However Q1 I discovered a day or two ago, after reading up in the 790 SFF, that the i3 2120 fitted in the 790 I bought is also a 1155 connection, have I been duped here? (Especially as he said the Advent was not worth repairing as the 1155 motherboards are hard to get etc, due to age, yet he then sells me the 790 which has the same dated 1155 motherboard in). Plus discovering on my own that the 790 was around 2011/2012 was a little annoying.
Q2, On the day of sale when the PC man loaded the PC to show me it working, the PC would not load and the screen said roughly, 'Passwords can not be set/changed as they have been deleted and the Password Jumper has been removed etc'. (When I queried this, PC man said the password jumper is not needed/not important) PC man then did some work on the PC whilst I watched and then the PC loaded, still showing the 'password jumper error message'. So is the password jumper important/needed now and in the future?
Q3, Why would the password jumper be removed anyway?
I am taking the PC back tomorrow to have a chat with the PC man, but I was just curious if I have been stitched up, thankfully I have paid by credit card so I can cover any problems with refund, so I of course am not looking for help with refund etc (if I go that path), I am just aware how much knowledge is available online and if anyone could give any advice/info that would be great, thanks.
Usually I am super careful with anything I buy, but due to wanting to try a local seller for a PC to avoid long distance repairs in the future etc, I went with the seller with the best reviews locally, I am just hoping I have not been burned for being a PC user with little technical knowledge lol.
Thanks in advance, From Richard.