on 7-29-2008 10:48 AM Lanny Marcus spake the following:
On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 12:32 PM, Scott Silva <ssilva-m4n3GYAQT2lWk0Htik3J/[EMAIL 
PROTECTED]> wrote:
<snip>
I would have tried also, because now the system needs to come apart twice
unless you just buy a new one and let the replacement be a spare.
Mark: Scott has the right plan for you. Buy a new drive and install
it, when you take out the defective one.
Send the defective drive in on an RMA and they will probably replace
it with a remanufactured drive and you keep
that one available as a spare or install it in another box.. If your
box is like 3 of ours, it is a PITA to R&R a 5.25" drive. We have 2
Dell Dimensions that are very easy to open (that's the idea, if it
works). Dell Latin America replaced one of them, after I got it,
because I could not open it. It took two (2) of their Tech Support
people, to get the thing open, so I asked for a new one. Plastic
cases...... Lanny
You must have forgotten to wave the chicken over your head 3 times and said
the magic words. You don't want to wave the chicken more than 3 times, as he
will be angry enough after the 3. ;-P

I had to open that box (now my daughters) awhile back, to remove the
defective Teac
CD-RW drive and I remembered what happened to the original box and
kept my fingers
crossed, that I could get it open and close it again. When it happened
to the new box, a Dimension 4300,
which was under warranty, two (2) men came to our house and they had a
struggle, to get the case open. Flimsy
plastic. It opens like a suitcase and is incredibly easy to work on,
if you can get it open.
If Dell would sell a box like that, with a metal case, it would be a winner.
I have worked on them. I think a button on the top and another on the bottom that you have to push "at the same time and just right" for it to open. Then with your third arm you have to pull the side open. It was not fun. But it was a side job and paid cash.

--
MailScanner is like deodorant...
You hope everybody uses it, and
you notice quickly if they don't!!!!

Attachment: signature.asc
Description: OpenPGP digital signature

_______________________________________________
CentOS mailing list
CentOS@centos.org
http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Reply via email to