I get my package

So I goto the wharehouse and pick up the package. The process is fairly straightforward. When they bring out the box I notice that it looked as if it had been dropped. It was so bad that there was a complete tear on one of the flaps. The original shipper taped the box with duct tape and the tear had been taped with clear packing tape so it was fairly obvious it happened while FedEx was handling the box. I figured I'd take the computer home, make sure it worked, and if it didn't it would be fairly straight forward to get FedEx to replace an item that they damaged. In the meantime my capture cards arrived in excellent condition.


I open the box and the first thing I notice is the amount of packaging. There was foam, bubble wrap, and those packaging bags of air. I thought I was safe in spite of this brutal crease on the inside corner.

So I hastily unwrap my computer and to my dismay I find there's a small problem. The corner that the box was dropped on corresponds to a nice size crack in the front plastic facia. The fall was so bad is broke a few plastic tabs and sent them floating throughout the case.

So I look around inside and make sure everything is where it should be and firmly in place while checking for metal screws that could cause damage. After plugging in the power and the monitor I turn the machine on. It goes through the CMOS initialization... I cross my fingers... and it gets to the screen that tells me the boot record is empty. I jump for joy, the machine still works!