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HP Pavilion a820n Desktop PC (Intel Pentium 4 Processor 540J (H-T), 512 MB RAM, 200 GB Hard Drive, Dbl Layer 16X DVD+/-RW/CR-RW Drive, CD-ROM Drive)
Customer Reviews
Rating:  - No problems for me
I own the Pavilion a820n, I've had it for about a year and I haven't experienced any problems. It handles anything I want to do but does seem to struggle a bit (but still bearable) for the latest high-end games... nothing a 1gb memory stick wouldn't fix. (I play gun, gta san andreas, doom 3, dreamfall longest journey, tomb raider, and more just fine). The case is easy to open for cleaning. It is a bit heavy if you plan on lugging it around. Having the card reader, USB, and firewire up front has been incredible. The computer works great with my 320gig external. I highly recommend this computer for its price range!
Rating:  - "This Computa' is a Prob'em Child!"
That's a QUOTE from one tech about this junkpile I bought last January! 2 months after my factory warehouse purchase, the motherboard failed--and a 2nd an HP tech brought to fix it in my home, so they had to install in another at their repair center--that's THREE motherboards in TWO months ownership!!
From then on I was calling tech support nearly every other day about other problems; when once told to open the case, I saw the rear cooling fan's wires hadn't even been reconnected after another time at HP's repair center. They brought it back saying they'd also replaced a bad hard drive--failed at HPs place. (I wasn't reinstalling my own software programs since I feared what would fail next). 2 weeks later SMOKE came from the back; turned it off & found some burned CPU connectors! Now it was a LITERAL FIRE HAZARD -- ENOUGH'S ENOUGH!!
After 5 months with this wreck, HP still pled to let them fix it again, so I finally read them the replacement warranty terms from their own manual. They reluctantly replaced it with one of their high-end models, which hasn't given even a "sneeze" in my 7 months with it(hooray here!) --
BUT STAY AWAY FROM THIS A820n LEMON!
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