[Leica] RE: LUG, Computer Help!!!

[creativevisions at verizon.net (Michael J Herring)]

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
> >>>
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> >>
> >>
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