2 May
2002
2 May
'02
4:19 p.m.
From: Richard Erlacher <edick(a)idcomm.com>
What's always annoyed me with
"brand-name" PC's is that the packaging
ALWAYS
deviates from the "norm" established by the
DIY market. Consquently,
your
DELL, Gateway, or Compaq was never upgradable, because
the CPU or hard
disk
wasn't supported by the BIOS, or some peripheral
wouldn't fit in the
system
because of address conflicts. Simple things like the
on-board video
caused
problems when they failed because one couldn't
disable them, or, if one
did,
the now-broken native video interfered with the
replacement. Even
printer
ports posed such problems. Many times the packaging
itself was the
problem.
Have you ever tried to replace or upgrade the CDROM
drive in an HP PC?
Actually I've found that CD-ROM drives are among the easiest components to
replace in HPs. Often the floppy disk drives and power supplies have a
weird form factor, and when it comes to motherboards, forget it.
I have found HP and Compaq units where, in order to replace the CD-ROM
drive (or *any* drive) I had to pull the motherboard, which seems pretty
bizarre in itself.
Glen
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2 May
2 May
6:51 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Glen Goodwin" <acme_ent(a)bellsouth.net>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 10:19 PM
Subject: Re: APPLEVISION Monitor
While the logical replacement has never been a problem, the rounded front that
fits the case is a virtually impossible thing to replace by the time the drive
needs replacment. They seem to require a rounded drawer front with no bezel
of the drive. Whereas the bezel can be removed easily enough, finding a drive
with that rounded front that fits, precisely, the slot in the plastic
front-face of the box is a problem. The part number is seemingly never
available more than 90 days after the computer is no longer an off-the-shelf
item.
No ATAPI CDROM has ever been a problem to replace under Windows 9X, to my
experience.
Dick
From: Richard
Erlacher <edick(a)idcomm.com>
What's always annoyed me with
"brand-name" PC's is that the packaging
ALWAYS
deviates from the "norm" established by
the DIY market. Consquently,
your
DELL, Gateway, or Compaq was never upgradable,
because the CPU or hard
disk
wasn't supported by the BIOS, or some
peripheral wouldn't fit in the
system
because of address conflicts. Simple things like
the on-board video
caused
problems when they failed because one
couldn't disable them, or, if one
did,
the now-broken native video interfered with the
replacement. Even
printer
ports posed such problems. Many times the
packaging itself was the
problem.
Have you ever tried to replace or upgrade the
CDROM drive in an HP PC?
Actually I've found that CD-ROM drives are among the easiest components to
replace in HPs. Often the floppy disk drives and power supplies have a
weird form factor, and when it comes to motherboards, forget it.
I have found HP and Compaq units where, in order to replace the CD-ROM
drive (or *any* drive) I had to pull the motherboard, which seems pretty
bizarre in itself.
Glen
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