On Thu, 10 Jan 2002, Doc wrote:
On Thu, 10 Jan 2002 jpero(a)sympatico.ca wrote:
Not second-fiddle, they were modified with
different firmware. Major
name makers can't have second fiddle parts, silicon only works 100%
or nothing (magic smoke gone). Dell doesn't want none of seconds
that almost works (bad smoke-filled). :-)
Not exactly. The Dell version of that card, modified 3c589 if I
remember right, is infamous among the Dell service folks here for losing
the "latch" on the dongles. The Dell version used a cheaper PVC compund
in the dongles, and the shoulder wore off the catch early. I've not
seen that in 3Com originals.
This does not surprise me. The dongles that 3com manufacture use a
fiberglass or carbon fiber body and a softer less brittle (not ABS, maybe
polystyrene?) plastic for the housing. Dell always did like to use cheaper
plastics for many things, but I imagine a genuine 3com dongle would
certainly fix these kinds of problems.
Compaq is
infamous with Seagates drives that has compaq's firmware
that were slowed down to meet compaq's specs.
Yup. I have several of those, still under warranty. I'm trying very
hard to thrash them.
Good luck, some of those Seagate drives are very tough :)
-Toth