Hi,
Every single one of the CR2032 batteries Iain bought from Pound-Land
for the 2U Rackable Opteron 200 servers that I donated to the Space went
flat shortly after I fitted them :-(
That might explain why the motherboards failed to POST...
As you know, I bought ten new 12x13 server
On Thu, Oct 23, 2014, at 01:04 PM, Tony Travis wrote:
Back to the main topic of my message: I had *NO* idea how widespread
fake CR2032's are on eBay/Amazon never mind PoundShop. I'm looking for
genuine name-brand CR2032 replacements if anyone has recommendations?
I'd probably go with RS. Their
So, as usual, it was Ian?
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On 23/10/14 14:15, Andrea Faulds wrote:
So, as usual, it was Ian?
Hi, Andrea.
Yes, of course, but I had no idea about fake CR2032 batteries either!
I must admit that the Pound-Land batteries seemed to good to be true at
the time and now we know why ;-)
Bye,
Tony.
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On 23/10/14 13:53, Robert McWilliam wrote:
[...]
RS are usually not the cheapest but for things where authenticity
matters paying a bit more can be worth it for them to worry about the
sourcing.
Hi, Robert.
I took you advice and ordered 25 from RS.
Thanks,
Tony.
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Is there a themed Thursday on tonight?
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On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 03:06:26PM +0100, Noodle wrote:
Is there a themed Thursday on tonight?
I think themed Thursdays felt abandoned and have left. There does seem to be a
serious hacking night planned though.
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On 23 October 2014 15:13, Tom Jones jo...@sdf.org wrote:
I think themed Thursdays felt abandoned and have left. There does seem to
be a
serious hacking night planned though.
I'll be down to tart up the pillar drill / make it safer.
Had a similar experience with the poundland 9v batteries
On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 04:47:07PM +0100, Noodle wrote:
I'll add to the list of pound land stuff to avoid: blank CDs and DVDs!
Oh, I have used 10 blank CD's from poundland without any trouble. This probably
depends a lot on the quality of the burner.
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