[clue-tech] Suggestion for upcoming presentation - build you own PC

[dennisjperkins at comcast.net]

Especially since the boards are made in China. Cisco was having premature failure of some equipment so they examined the failures and found that used parts had been substituted for new ones. 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "chris fedde" <chris at fedde.us> 
To: "CLUE technical discussion" <clue-tech at cluedenver.org> 
Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2010 11:29:49 AM 
Subject: Re: [clue-tech] Suggestion for upcoming presentation - build you own PC 

The comment about motherboards is an interesting one. I've seen good 
vendors provide bad lots, I've had great results from third tier 
vendors and have had top name products fail early. 
I find that it's pretty much a craps shoot when it comes to picking 
good components. 

On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 7:46 PM, Collins Richey <crichey at gmail.com> wrote: 
> On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 5:20 PM, chris fedde <chris at fedde.us> wrote: 
>> IIRC I did offer to do just such a talk. I'll happily coalesce all 
>> the good info from this thread. I envision two parts. First 
>> selecting parts. Second assembling and testing them into a working 
>> system. 
>> 
> 
> Please do so. That's exactly what I was hoping for. 
> 
> Thanks also to all the other responders. I'll be perusing your 
> suggestions in depth. 
> 
> I just love the one response. "P.S. Get a quality motherboard with 
> solid capacitors, and not a sucky one if you expect it to last." Hah! 
> If I knew how to spot a sucky motherboard, I wouldn't have bothered 
> with my request in the first place!!! 
> 
> -- 
> Collins Richey 
> If you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the worries 
> of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for. 
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