Sti-R DOA

[Rebmemmurof]

I'm getting my brand new sti-r installed today by a local shop. They called me and told me the cpu is dead and will not power up. Has anyone else experienced this?

[Capid1]

Does this local shop have experience with RD installs and/or the STi-R?

[Rebmemmurof]

I don't believe the sti-r specifically. I asked if they had any experience with it and they mentioned some similar products they'd installed. They do stereos, car alarms, etc. They have done after-market parking sensors so they've done similar work.

Installer failure did occur to me as it's unusual these days to get such items dead out of the box.

[Capid1]

I'm just curious if they ignored the simple thing like holding the power button for a few seconds instead of just tapping on it to power it up.

[Rebmemmurof]

That would be funny. They talked to a tech at Beltronics and apparently Beltronics wants the cpu back. We'll see how it plays out.

[swarga]

I'm just curious if they ignored the simple thing like holding the power button for a few seconds instead of just tapping on it to power it up.

Or maybe they accidentally reversed the polarity and released the Magic Smoke, and now they're pretending it was DOA?

[Capid1]

I thought that too thats why I asked the OP about the shops rep.

[swarga]

I thought that too thats why I asked the OP about the shops rep.

Even a shop with a good rep can unknowingly hire some new clown who will try and cover up a stupid mistake.

Hopefully it all turns out all right for the OP.

[Capid1]

Very true! Good luck to the OP as well!

[mikered30]

Where did you buy it?