Re: [H] Here's why I hate our hobby sometimes...

[Kevin S. Potts]

I have always wondered if contact enhancers like Stabilant would help in 
some of these cases, just to expensive to try on a whim though.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Klein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "'Brian Weeden'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'The Hardware List'" 
<hardware@hardwaregroup.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2005 6:39 PM
Subject: RE: [H] Here's why I hate our hobby sometimes...


Yeah, those aren't bad parts at all.  I get most of my stuff from NewEgg 
as
well.  I don't really use Gigabyte for mobos.  I tend to stick with ASUS 
as
I've had really good luck with them.

Must be bad luck...or maybe cooling/weather?  I don't know what part of 
the
country you're in.


-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Weeden
Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2005 6:37 PM
To: hwg
Subject: Re: [H] Here's why I hate our hobby sometimes...
On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 18:27:11 -0500, Chris Klein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
wrote:
Hi Brian,
I've never had problems like those with all of the boxes I have built.
Are
they really cheap parts?  Without being there to watch the way you
assemble
it's hard to comment.  Maybe a flaky power supply?  Maybe the motherboard
is
not mounted correctly?  The only problems I've had with the machines I've
built is a power supply dying after 5 years, it was a sparkle.  Only 
other
problems I've had are users errors(deleting root directory), driver
issues,
or failed hard drives.
Chris
Cheap parts, no.  The mobo in question is a Gigabyte nforce 2 board,
all my CPUs are from Newegg (and not overclocked), my power supplies
from Enlight, and my ram is Crucial.
Just bad luck I think.