Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/07/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 >