Well, armed with the knowledge from the review, could you get her to boot into the BIOS and do a slight negative voltage offset?
I'd type up something to Cali's Attorney General for some consumer protection complaint. She might not get anything because these Attorney General complaints are usually just mediation, but it can send a message to the guy that he lost someone.
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Seller X sold me a computer on (date, price, specs).
When attempting to use the computer, it displayed signs of CPU overheating, with high idle temps and games simply not functioning.
Seller, at the very least, failed to deliver the product in a fully operational condition as specified, failed to properly warranty the product or display the requisite knowledge to sell the product at the price he did.
To fix the problem, I had to contact a friend who then had to ask others to help find the solution.
The solution was __________
Seller failed to apply the solution at or before the time I received the computer and also failed to even attempted to fix the problem after I report it to him.
I am not technically competent, so I feel he exploited me.
Thus, I request a remedy of (specify)