Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/09/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Seth, Did you receive my email? I have been away on business and then a long overdue vacation to beautiful Oregon. I am going to build a PC for William Lamb III. I would be happy to build one for you. Take care, Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: "Seth Rosner" <sethrosner@nycap.rr.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2005 9:39 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] RE: LUG, Computer Help!!! > Mike, where are you? Build one for me! Please! > > The Leica of PC's! > > Seth > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Michael J Herring" <creativevisions@verizon.net> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> > Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2005 8:58 PM > Subject: Re: [Leica] RE: LUG, Computer Help!!! > > > >I have been building my own PCs for over 10 years. I use nothing but the > >highest end motherboards and hard drives. All of these components come with > >at least 3 year warranties. > > Many of today's hard drives fail very very early. I have had drives fail > > in a matter of days. Most of the drives for consumer use only come with 1 > > year warranties. > > I am afraid it is just like fine photographic equipment: > > You get what you pay for (Hopefully). > > I generally use ASUS or ABIT motherboards which have been very, very > > reliable. > > Dell uses the cheapest motherboards they can source from China. > > I work in IT and I am totally paranoid about backups. Redundancy is the > > name of the game: > > ANY important database I work on is backed up at least 3 times a day and > > archived to different servers and media (DVD and Tape). > > I have been burned to many times in the past when I discovered one of my > > files was not backed up by somebody else. > > > > Take care, > > Mike > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Javier Perez" <summarex@hotmail.com> > > To: <lug@leica-users.org> > > Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2005 12:04 AM > > Subject: RE: [Leica] RE: LUG, Computer Help!!! > > > > > >> Unfortunately modern Dells use the dirt cheapest boards around. The > >> onboard controllers have a way of failing and collecting the drives. The > >> flimsey chassis don't help matters much either! > >> I am not a fan of Dell! > >> Javier > >> > >>>Tina, > >>> > >>>My Pentium II Dell was purchased in 1998 and just gave up the ghost this > >>>year. About two years after I bought it, I started having problems with > >>>drives "disappearing" . I called Dell and their rep came to my home and > >>>replaced the CD Rom drive and thought the problem was solved. When the > >>>problem recurred, someone at Dell suggested replacing the motherboard. > >>>That was done by the rep at his next visit, and I got five more years of > >>>faithful service until the power supply voltage began to sag a few months > >>>ago. I salvaged most of my files and bought another Dell, which is going > >>>great. > >>> > >>>Ask Dell if the motherboard could be causing your problem. It sure > >>>sounds like some common failure mode, rather than a bunch of bad hard > >>>drives. > >>> > >>>Jim Nichols > >>>Tullahoma, TN > >>> > >>>_______________________________________________ > >>>Leica Users Group. > >>>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >