Re: [H] Hardrive failure..
At 03:49 PM 21/02/2006, Stan Zaske wrote: Phonebook it? Put a phonebook over it to protect the drive from obvious abuse and whack it with a hammer. T
Re: [H] Geforce 6800GS performance..
On 2/22/06, Stan Zaske [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Compared to Geforce 6800GT, something interesting happened. They achieved the same performance on 3DMark2001 SE and 3DMark03, and achieved very similar performance on Doom 3. But on 3DMark05 GeForce 6800 GS was up to 11.78% faster than GeForce 6800 GT and on Far Cry it was up to 16.45% faster. To us, this means that GeForce 6800 GS is clearly optimized to DirectX 9.0c (shader 3.0) games. Nice review. I've got the Chaintech version of this card.
Re: [H] Hardrive failure..
Phonebooking is a pretty unethical practice to start. In my mind, it is only justified in the case of a marginal drive that is clearly having problems, but not overt enough to convince the manufacturer to RMA it. Phonebooking to prevent data recovery seems unjustified--if your data is that important, you shouldn't be sending it back to begin with. But that's my rule--everyone else must decide what lets them still sleep at night. :) Greg - Original Message - From: Thane Sherrington (S) [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 5:41 AM Subject: Re: [H] Hardrive failure.. At 03:49 PM 21/02/2006, Stan Zaske wrote: Phonebook it? Put a phonebook over it to protect the drive from obvious abuse and whack it with a hammer. T
Re: [H] Hardrive failure..
At 11:29 AM 22/02/2006, Greg Sevart wrote: In the second case, the manufacturer has already upheld their end--agreeing to repalce the drive--so adding furhter damage is unnecessary. What if your problem is simply a bad PCBA, with good media? The damage phonebooking inflicts is on the media/heads, so you may have ruined a perfectly good component after the manufacturer already agreed to take it back. In my mind, this isn't justified. Ok, I can go along with that. I withdraw my phonebooking suggestion. T
Re: [H] Hardrive failure..
Wouldn't they still know the drive had been exposed to high kinetic impact when they took it apart an found the crashed heads and pits in the platters? I assume they take them apart to see what failed for quality purposes. Other than that I do appreciate the suggestion. Quite clever actually. Thane Sherrington (S) wrote: At 03:49 PM 21/02/2006, Stan Zaske wrote: Phonebook it? Put a phonebook over it to protect the drive from obvious abuse and whack it with a hammer. T
Re: [H] Geforce 6800GS performance..
What I find most interesting is that in almost every bench the 6800GS beat the 6800GT so it makes little sense to pay the extra cash for a GT. Look out Ati! Raul Limos wrote: On 2/22/06, Stan Zaske [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Compared to Geforce 6800GT, something interesting happened. They achieved the same performance on 3DMark2001 SE and 3DMark03, and achieved very similar performance on Doom 3. But on 3DMark05 GeForce 6800 GS was up to 11.78% faster than GeForce 6800 GT and on Far Cry it was up to 16.45% faster. To us, this means that GeForce 6800 GS is clearly optimized to DirectX 9.0c (shader 3.0) games. Nice review. I've got the Chaintech version of this card.
Re: [H] Hardrive failure..
Ethical or not, I'd like to send it back intact so Maxtor can see the precise reason it failed for future quality improvements. Thane Sherrington (S) wrote: At 10:38 AM 22/02/2006, Greg Sevart wrote: Phonebooking is a pretty unethical practice to start. In my mind, it is only justified in the case of a marginal drive that is clearly having problems, but not overt enough to convince the manufacturer to RMA it. Phonebooking to prevent data recovery seems unjustified--if your data is that important, you shouldn't be sending it back to begin with. Maybe you're right, but I can't see the ethical problem in phonebooking an already dead HD. If it's ok to phonebook a marginal drive, how is it any worse to phone book an drive that will definitely get RMA'd? T
Re: [H] Hardrive failure..
At 03:01 PM 22/02/2006, Stan Zaske wrote: Wouldn't they still know the drive had been exposed to high kinetic impact when they took it apart an found the crashed heads and pits in the platters? I assume they take them apart to see what failed for quality purposes. Other than that I do appreciate the suggestion. Quite clever actually. Not that I've ever seen. T
Re: [H] Hardrive failure..
At 02:01 PM 2/22/2006, Stan Zaske typed: Wouldn't they still know the drive had been exposed to high kinetic impact when they took it apart an found the crashed heads and pits in the platters? I assume they take them apart to see what failed for quality purposes. I would imagine they spot check but at the cost of drives these days I seriously doubt they check every one. --+-- Wayne D. Johnson Ashland, OH, USA 44805 http://www.wavijo.com
Re: [H] Hardrive failure..
At 05:25 PM 22/02/2006, Wayne Johnson wrote: At 02:01 PM 2/22/2006, Stan Zaske typed: Wouldn't they still know the drive had been exposed to high kinetic impact when they took it apart an found the crashed heads and pits in the platters? I assume they take them apart to see what failed for quality purposes. I would imagine they spot check but at the cost of drives these days I seriously doubt they check every one. It's Maxtor. I doubt they check any. :) T
[H] OE annoyance ?
a friend is telling me when he forwards email that pictures do not forward, confirmed. Any ideas accepted. OE, I use Eudora. fp -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- Lawyers: the larval form of politicians.
RE: [H] OE annoyance ?
It's because OE creates really bad HTML Email that doesn't actually embed pictures very well. At least, that's my experience. So, you end up using Outlook. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of FORC5 Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 9:00 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] OE annoyance ? a friend is telling me when he forwards email that pictures do not forward, confirmed. Any ideas accepted. OE, I use Eudora. fp -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- Lawyers: the larval form of politicians.
[H] WD Clear Cover HDDS?
Anyone play with the new Clear Cover WD HDDS? Thoughts?
