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Pastimes : Dream Machine ( Build your own PC )
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To: Doug Soon who wrote (13412)6/28/2002 3:00:54 PM
From: Robert Graham  Read Replies (1) of 14778
 
I now have replaced the motherboard. I am ready to test and see if the new MB has solved the remaining problems with the late video signal to the monitor at bootup, and the data corruption problem on the hard drive.

This has been a very unusual upgrade. For I have been finding multiple problems. So far I discovered the memory I was using did not operate to spec, the high temperature inside the PC case aggravated the problems I had with the video, the first video card was a dud, and now I am looking at the motherboard itself. And the data corruption problem only becomes apparent after three hours of testing. I originally upgraded my hardware because of a lack of (working) driver support for Windows XP, and hardware incompatibility with the new hard drive. I also had to replace a CD Burner also due to incompatibility problems with other drives attached to the motherboard.

I am getting the impression the quality of hardware, at least as it pertains to reliably meeting standards that allow it to interoperate with other hardware, is going down hill. It may be best to rely on system vendors to manage these problems in providing me with a PC that works. And there is no significant price savings by purchasing the PC from a well-established vendor instead of building it myself.

Bob Graham

PS: What happened to pride in the quality of a product that a vendor sells? Just look at NVidia and the numerous returns of cards that are bad right out of the box. Lets not get into talking about memory quality.
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