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Hello Ben, Wednesday, September 12, 2007, 8:27:03 PM, you wrote: > The thing would *constantly* drop my VPN tunnels. I also ran into a > problem where if it was plugged into my switch while it booted, it would > lock up during boot. When I had to reboot it (which was frequent) I had > to unplug my ethernet cables. > Oh, and QoS was fatally broken. Wow, I wonder if that unit was glitched out. OK< thanks for the info, I can keep my eyes open. I had some weird issues also but they were resolved with a little tweaking and a firmware update. Nothing along your lines though - and thank god. -- Regards, joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key...
Re[2]: [H] Dumb Dell ?
Hello Ben, Wednesday, September 12, 2007, 4:59:42 PM, you wrote: > No, I wanted them gone for other reasons as well. My TZ-170 was a piece > of crap. That's what I have deployed - what didn't you care for? -- Regards, joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key...
Re[2]: [H] Dumb Dell ?
Hello Ben, Wednesday, September 12, 2007, 4:58:58 PM, you wrote: > If I have an IBM server die, they don't accept any other diags besides > their own. This is hardly a Dell specific thing. I don't think anyone said just Dell does this - it just happens to be the thread subject and what started this whole thing. -- Regards, joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key...
Re[2]: [H] Dumb Dell ?
Hello Ben, Wednesday, September 12, 2007, 6:01:35 AM, you wrote: > Well, go try to get a drive replaced by Maxtor, WD, etc. without running > their diags and see how far you get. > Does it really kill people to boot the Dell diags and run through the > stupid thing? The point here is that SMART diag info should work just as well. If a drive doesn't have SMART then I would be happy to run some other diag. However, if the drive has SMART it should suffice. -- Regards, joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key...
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AYeah and Dell ain;t the only India lusers... Linksys and Bilken as well
Re[2]: [H] Dumb Dell ?
Hello j, Tuesday, September 11, 2007, 4:19:11 PM, you wrote: > Of course most HDD vendors have their own software and > won't help you unless you > have a diagnostic code from it or a stone cold dead > drive. And this was T's point. As I have also seen if it ain't Dell HDD diagnostics it ain't shit to them. Flow charts for EVERYBODY! -- Regards, joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key...
Re[2]: [H] Dumb Dell ?
Hello Rick, Tuesday, September 11, 2007, 11:46:05 AM, you wrote: > Reminds me of the only Dell I ever had... > The HD eventually failed "RIGHT WHILE" I was talking to the guy > on the phone. I was on the phone with them almost constantly... > (My wife said they must have had a dart board with my picture on it...) > After they switched to Tech Support in India, and I started getting > TOTALLY wrong answers - like "erase your BIOS settings", > (it will Auto-detect them again --- NOT --- wrong model), I figured I > better build my own... Yeah and Dell ain;t the only India lusers... I recently got sent to India on a Sonicwall (Firewall appliance for those that don't know) issue. I faithfully listened and ended up with a completely bricked device. I was so pissed. Finally, I got an American and after I explained my deal and that I did not want to deal with India again - he told me I can request American support and I will get it. Yay. -- Regards, joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key...
