----- Original Message ----- From: "Chad Martin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2005 11:55 AM Subject: Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Building a New Box
> j wrote: > >>If you're looking at very new hardware, .... I've had very bad > > experiences > >>with Tyan mobos, Lite-On optical drives, and Western Digital hard drives. > > > > since i have been eyeing the lite-on dvd writers and WD hard drives, would > > you care to share what "bad" experiences you had w/these products? also, > > under which distro(s) (& version #) were these items used? > > All of these experiences are with hardware failure, not compatiblity. > > When I was first looking into getting into Linux (Redhat 7.1, I > believe), the only ATAPI CD-ROM that they claimed they were incompatible > with was Lite-On CD-ROMs. That just screams of Lite-Ons taking > shortcuts in their hardware. I had a Lite-On just before that, and the > thing died 6 months after I bought it (using Windows). > > A company I work for decided to dabble into 64 bit Linux, and, since > Tyan has a bit of a headstart in Opteron mobos, we bought three. We > ended up having to send back the board for one computer twice and > another once, and we're still living with broken onboard LAN ports. > This was under Gentoo. > > I have a 3.5 GB Maxtor that still works that I bought as an upgrade for > a 486. I've had several WD drives give up the ghost in that span of > time. I can't say that WDs are the worst of the hard drive > manufacturers, but I can say that I've never been disappointed with a > Maxtor drive. > > Chad Martin > chad, sorry 'bout the delayed response. thanks for the info. it'll be helpful as i think about my next box. almost bought a tyan board. glad i didn't! thanks again, j ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> <font face=arial size=-1><a href="http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=12htuss3k/M=362335.6886445.7839731.1510227/D=groups/S=1705006580:TM/Y=YAHOO/EXP=1123349899/A=2894361/R=0/SIG=13jmebhbo/*http://www.networkforgood.org/topics/education/digitaldivide/?source=YAHOO&cmpgn=GRP&RTP=http://groups.yahoo.com/";>In low income neighborhoods, 84% do not own computers. At Network for Good, help bridge the Digital Divide!</a>.</font> --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To unsubscribe from this list, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] & you will be removed. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
