Re: [Sheflug] Re: RH6.2 /etc/inetd.conf file.

[Craig Andrews <nospam [at] fishbot.org.uk>]

This is, in my experience, largely true. In fact, where I work we use the
British branch of a Japanese supplier, and if 60% of the RAM we recieve is
faulty, we consider ourselves lucky!

On one occasion, a single machine tested with 15 identical 64Mb PC-133
DIMMs worked with only 3 of them (yes, I did check for bad connections,
reseated, tried all DIMM slots. The machine just wouldn't come on!!)

It seems that dodgy RAM is more of a problem that people let on. Also,
despite my best efforts, we are still using the same supplier. Oh
well... (sighs and throws RAM in bin)

Craig Andrews
craig@fishbot.org.uk

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Life would be so much easier if we 
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On Fri, 22 Sep 2000, Richard wrote:

> Stephen
> 
> Will Newton wrote:
>  
> > I've seen a few posts about bad RAM and CPUs, but very rarely seen either.
> > Usually chip seating, buggy BIOS, buggy hardware combinations, heat or
> > software are to blame for problems like this.
> 
> I go down to a local PC shop regularly to get involved in trade chat
> about hardware and windows.  We nearly always find a 64Mb or 128Mb
> stick of branded and certified RAM that doesn't work in a 1 hour
> period of perhaps 2 or 3 PC builds or upgrades.  That's memory from a
> reputable supplier.  Then there's the hard drives that drop dead when
> you plug them in.  Same thing happens with the same hardware in Linux.
> 
> My own point of view on this is that for some reason the south-east
> Asian dealers think we're a soft touch and I seem to have formed the
> opinion that they do make a lot more money out of us than from other
> countries at the wholesale level.
> 
> Anyway, this is just my opinion and not someone else's.  The PC retail
> people over here find it best to say nothing and do nothing.  That way
> they have a business.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> -- 
> Richard
> Sheffield UK
> 
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