Hi Gerard,
On Thursday 07 April 2005 2:24 pm, you wrote:
> On 7 Apr 2005 at 8:46, Chuck Andrews wrote:
> > They say that when a good automobile mechanic (or anyone who
> > takes things apart and reassembles them) has parts left over, he
> > has not done the job properly.
>
> You mentioned that you typically reassemble a whitebox system prior
> to checking it out.
> Why?
> What bizarre machines do you encounter?
You really, really don't want to know, Do you ?
But just in case you do:-
Mainboards incorrectly fitted. No screws securing it at all !
Wrong or missing mountings ! Mounting pillars in the wrong place !
Mainboard insulated from the case, this causes all sorts of
instability problems ! Crashing, intermittent reboots, blue screens
at random, port failures etc !! Broken pins in power socket !
Back plate shields missing or wrong shield, too many holes, or no
knock out for ports ! Heatsink fan units fitted wrong way round.
Incorrect heatsink fan unit for CPU fitted (Mainly AMD but have met a
few P3 - P4's as well). Fans with a blade missing, these usually
vibrate badly cracking the heat conductive joint between the CPU and
heatsink ! Cables not dressed properly ! Fans plugged into the wrong
connector ! LED's wired wrong way round, or not wired up at all !
Power and Reset buttons on the wrong motherboard pins. Beeper not on
correct motherboard pins. Power LED on wrong motherboard pins !
I could go on and on. I have met all these faults and more from both
so called white box shifters and supposedly first tier builders. 90%
of these faults are the sort of thing you would expect from a first
time builder who hasn't bothered reading the mainboard manual. !!
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Best Regards:
Derrick.
Pontefract Linux Users Group.
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