A clients machine had a on board NIC go bad. ----- Original Message ---- From: Andreas S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Friendly list for people new to Linux <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2007 4:10:28 PM Subject: Re: eMachine system troubleshooting.
On Aug 26, 2007, at 10:15, Dovber Shapiro wrote: > On Sat, 25 Aug 2007 21:56:25 -0700 (PDT) > John Gunn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >>> Worth >>> trying to find just a >>> mbd for this cpu, or stick a Fry's ECS mbd/cpu combo >>> special in the box? >> >> My experience with eMachines is that they are the >> cheapest of the cheap, and deliberately designed to >> make you dependent on them for replacement parts. >> Nothing about it should be counted on to provide the >> foundation of a solid system. I wouldn't recommend >> spending much money on it. >> >> I had one that developed a power supply problem. I >> found many people on the Internet with the same >> complaint, under powered as I recall. >> >> John Gunn >> > Just my $0.02, > I used to support an office that had a few eMachines and almost all of > them had power supply problems, > but be careful with opening the boxes they are very cheap and have > sharp edges. > Dovber Shapiro > > Just to add my $0.02, I have an eMachine I used for testing websites and web apps. I had to pull the plug after shutting down because I would often find it had turned itself back on. I agree about the cases not being fun to work on. -Andreas -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-newbie -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-newbie
