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Quantex Computer (Good Machine?)

5 posts by 5 people · 03 Sep 1996 - 09 Sep 1996

HAPau 03 Sep 1996#336016
Going to take the plunge & purchase a new computer. A Quantex QP6/200-SM2 Pentium Pro 200 w/32 mb edo RAM, Matrox Card, Ensoniq Vivo soundcard, 17" Monitor, etc. Does anybody have any experience w/ this company? Positive or negative comments welcomed. Regards, Hank
Roger Littl 04 Sep 1996#336114
Quoted text (10 lines)> Going to take the plunge & purchase a new computer. A Quantex > QP6/200-SM2 Pentium Pro 200 w/32 mb edo RAM, Matrox Card, > Ensoniq Vivo soundcard, 17" Monitor, etc. > Does anybody have any experience w/ this company? Positive or negative > comments welcomed. > Regards, > Hank
I am using a Quantex P5-166 right now. Great computer, never had any trouble. Benchmark scores a little higher than average(Quake, Chris' 3d benchmark). Last May it took a little over 3 weeks to get, though.
Luca Varan 05 Sep 1996#336234
> I recently ordered the same computer from them (about two weeks ago), > Since the first time I called them (which didn't get too much effort; > a sales representative, Clinton I believe, picked up the phone almost > immediately), I have only received the best attention. Wow ! It should be a great company if they could hire the President .. Bye, Luca
Stan Zahors 08 Sep 1996#336472
I purchased a Quantex Penium 120mhz in July, 1995. I have owned several computers (including name-brands and ones put together by local companies), and I have had more problems with this computer than all others. Most importantly, I reported my most recent problems which may be a bad Intel CPU prior to the expiration of my warranty, but I am being told that my warranty will not be honored because it is past the 12 month period. Addiitonally, it is very difficult to contact anyone at Quantex by telephone. You are placed on hold for about 5-10 minutes and then told that you cannot hold any longer and you must call back. I have done this for several hours on different occasions before getting through or giving up. I have tried e-mailing them, and most recently carried on correspondence for about two weeks before the guy said, "Sorry, I cannot help you; it may be a bad memory chip which we will not replace because you are out of warranty." (it was not the simms) This is the same problem that I had been having for some time with new error messages. Now, when I try to get to tech support on WWW, it will not come up. Therefore, I cannot get to e-mail or the tech documents. In summary, I would certainly look at other companies carefully prior to purchasing a Quantex. There must be a reason that they are less expensive than other machines. Right now, my machine is causing me problems that far out weigh the money that I saved.
Quoted text (7 lines)>Going to take the plunge & purchase a new computer. A Quantex >QP6/200-SM2 Pentium Pro 200 w/32 mb edo RAM, Matrox Card, >Ensoniq Vivo soundcard, 17" Monitor, etc. >Does anybody have any experience w/ this company? Positive or negative >comments welcomed. >Regards, > Hank
Bir 09 Sep 1996#336557
Do not purchase a Quantex! I purchased a P-66 system in October of '94 and had nothing but problems from the start. I sent it back twice to get fixed and neither time did it work when I got it. In fact it was still the same problem as before.... they never fixed a damn thing! And the second time I received it back, my sound card had been removed an no one at Quantex knew what I was talking about and one lady even told me over the phone that she "doubted it had happened"!!! So after 5 months, I told them I wanted a refund. They said they couldn't because my 30-day money-back guarantee was up. I threw a fit over the phone and they agreed to give me my money back. It took 6 weeks to receive my check in the mail!! By then prices had dropped and I bought a Midwest Micro P-75 system and I have had not a single problem with it as of yet!! All-in-all, I agree with the previous poster... there must be some reason Quantex is cheaper, and it has something to do with quality!! Brian (U. of Colorado)
Quoted text (42 lines)>I purchased a Quantex Penium 120mhz in July, 1995. I have owned >several computers (including name-brands and ones put together by >local companies), and I have had more problems with this computer than >all others. Most importantly, I reported my most recent problems >which may be a bad Intel CPU prior to the expiration of my warranty, >but I am being told that my warranty will not be honored because it is >past the 12 month period. >Addiitonally, it is very difficult to contact anyone at Quantex by >telephone. You are placed on hold for about 5-10 minutes and then >told that you cannot hold any longer and you must call back. I have >done this for several hours on different occasions before getting >through or giving up. >I have tried e-mailing them, and most recently carried on >correspondence for about two weeks before the guy said, "Sorry, I >cannot help you; it may be a bad memory chip which we will not replace >because you are out of warranty." (it was not the simms) This is the >same problem that I had been having for some time with new error >messages. >Now, when I try to get to tech support on WWW, it will not come up. >Therefore, I cannot get to e-mail or the tech documents. >In summary, I would certainly look at other companies carefully prior >to purchasing a Quantex. There must be a reason that they are less >expensive than other machines. Right now, my machine is causing me >problems that far out weigh the money that I saved. >>Going to take the plunge & purchase a new computer. A Quantex >>QP6/200-SM2 Pentium Pro 200 w/32 mb edo RAM, Matrox Card, >>Ensoniq Vivo soundcard, 17" Monitor, etc. >>Does anybody have any experience w/ this company? Positive or negative >>comments welcomed. >>Regards, >> Hank

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