Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/07/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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