5 May
2010
5 May
'10
2:47 p.m.
At 03:44 PM 5/5/2010, Chuck Guzis wrote:
...or simply popped the existing NVRAM out to reprogram
it. Hard to
say. But don't most states require that if parts are replaced that
they be itemized on the inovice and the original parts be made
available to the owner?
Pulling and properly reprogramming an NVRAM on a Deskstar is
an esoteric skill. Whether it's an $800 skill is another matter.
They put a security sticker over a spot on the original label,
at the location of some sort of head screw. They didn't scar the
label much to access it. Because the sticker was there, said
the tech, they must've opened it.
I could haggle as to whether they'd cleaned the dust off the seals
sufficiently to enter the clean room.
- John