Daniel Butler
I'm a Singapore where is my boat
Member # 1689
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Being stuck in an airport for 24h is bad enough. Getting home and finding the damn TSA agents took your computer apart to its components and put it back together and *broke it* is worse. Anyone know who the hell I would call to demand some kind of compensation, or at least what a single long beep repeating ad infinitum from an HP pavilion with a Phoenix BIOS indicates? I'm hoping I can find the busted component and replace it...
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Charles Capps
We appreciate your concern. It is noted and stupid.
Member # 9
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... get a lawyer.
Registered: Mar 1999
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I told you not to subscribe to "Naughty Flight Attendants.com"- put you on their watch list.
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Da_bang80
A few sectors short of an Empire
Member # 528
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If it worked fine before they took it apart, it's going to be a hardware problem. Either they put it back together wrong, or they fried something through static shock. I'm guessing these TSA agents aren't that hardware savvy.
Take it to the repair shop and send the purposely exorbitant bill to the White House. That'll learn em
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Ouch, that sucks. At least you didn't have them search your carry on to find a 9 inch oak penis sculpture and aluminum vibrator when they thought they were guns.
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Shik
Starship database: completed; History of Starfleet: done; website: probably never
Member # 343
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OK, spill it, mister.
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Saltah'na
Chinese Canadian, or 75% Commie Bastard.
Member # 33
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A single long beep repeating ad infinitum usually means that there is a memory error. Try removing and reseating the RAM and try again. If that doesn't work, remove and if possible replace the possibly offending piece.
I'm not surprised at the level of incompetence in these people. These very same guys use a crowbar to OPEN A LAPTOP.
Who pays these guys anyways?
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Da_bang80
A few sectors short of an Empire
Member # 528
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I just hope you don't have to buy a new laptop. Don't they have X-Ray machines to take a look without having to destroy the thing. Laptops are significantly more difficult to take apart compared to a desktop PC.
The best advice I can give, is to take it to the repair shop. Find out exactly what's wrong with it, and get legal counsel. You might be able to force them to fix it or replace it.
Things like this makes me sure that I'll never fly into the states. I'll ride my bike down thank you. And if they want to take apart my computer, I'll refuse unless they have a trained computer technician present to do it.
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Oh no. That's the worst thing you can ever do is refuse to do anything at the airport. Pretty sure that's a jailable offence down there.
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Da_bang80
A few sectors short of an Empire
Member # 528
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Like I said. I never plan on entering the US by air. And if by some strange chance they want to take it apart at the border, I will flatly tell them that I will not consent unless a trained technician does it. I'll just turn around and go back to a country that's actually "free".
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It sounds to me like they pulled his luggage and took apart his laptop without his knowledge or consent, since he said he found out about it after getting home. Is that the case, Daniel? If it is, how do you know it was TSA, and not some random luggage handler that just dropped it? Either way, someone needs to pay.
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