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>get Asus laptop
>install gentoo on it
>works great for months
>suddently, no more Wifi
>the PCI bus of the Wifi card isn't detected anymore
>doesn't do it every time, although more and more frequently
>talk to a technician about it
>"hurr duur its poopy loonix wendos werks better"
>actually give him the benefit of the doubt and try other OSs to see whether it's Linux or not
>try BSD
>same fucking thing
>try Haiku on its horrendous terminal
>nope.avi
>send it for repairing
>explain clearly that it is a hardware problem and that I have tested on several different OSs
>it comes back within a week
>check the report
>"Solution: OS resetting"
>they fucking wiped my HDD and reinstalled Winpoo 10
>Wifi works again for a few days
>then, it is out again
>lost my data for nothing
I am ready to take the tech redpill. How do I look for competent people who can repair things and won't just assume I'm a 13 year old gamer spending my time shitposting on Facebook? Warranties were a fucking mistake.
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>>60313219
Do it yourself buddy.
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>ruin laptop's wifi with excessive generated from compiling Gentoo for a day and a half
>blame Asus
Lol, I a distro that uses binaries like any modern disto should on my Asus Zenbook that I bought last summer and it's always ice cold and everything works perfectly.
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>complain to support that wifi doesn't work on unsupported system
>support suggests installing Windows to ensure that it really isn't a hardware problem
>install everything but Windows, wifi doesn't work
>"What the fuck I did literally EVERYTHING right!!"
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>>60313219
Do it yourself. Just get a new wifi card you dingus.
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>>60314667
I have no soldering iron or even a screwdriver in my poorfag flat.
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>>60313219
>install gentoo on it
You most likely toasted the hardware using that piece of shit excuse of an OS.
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>>60313219
>Sending in with HDD.
>Not having a backup.
ffs
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>>60313219
I have two Asus laptops and other Asus components. I never had any issues with their products. All running Windows 7
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>>60313219
what model?
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Did they even ask your permission to wipe your HDD?
Id sue if I were you, what the fuck
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>Asus
I don't at all feel bad for you.
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>>60315831
probably on a standard form you sign when they take the laptop in for repairs
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>>60315511
Good for you, big boi.
>>60315538
R540LJ
>>60315831
No.
>>60315893
I read the agreement. It said nothing about them wiping the hard drive.
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>>60316290
Are you sure? I've had two laptop warranty cases and in both cases they warned me a million times that i should do backups and that they don't guarantee for my data.
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>>60315331
u don't need soldering iron to change the wifi card
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>Asus laptop
>Running Ubuntu mate
>Can have Bluetooth or wifi
>Not both
>3/4ths of the reason I bought the fucking thing was to be able to use my Bluetooth headphones to listen to my music collection
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>>60316290
>R540LJ
well that explains it, for some reason ASUS decided to move away from their Top tier manufacturing and design to some Acer level shit.
>Good ASUS Netbooks
>never forget.
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>>60313219
>was stupid enough to actually send it in to moron "technicians" who just reformat shit without permission when they can't figure anything out
You deserved it.
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