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June 20, 2003
The brand, spankin' new mega-monster PC is still in the shop. They've confirmed that the onboard ethernet port is busted. But they put in a new, identical mobo, and the system still isn't working. New RAM also. So, now they're checking whether one of my boards is causing the problem. Another day or two is required, which means I won't get it back until Tuesday at the earliest. Living via my laptop is certainly ok, although I feel like I'm eating every meal out of a picnic basket. But there are some problems. First, my Quicken data is on the broken desktop machine which means that my bills are going unpaid. Second, there's the forking of my email. Yes, sure, we all want to say "Forking email!" from time to time, but all I mean is that I have to remember to search two separate Outlook files when I look for old messages. Also, all the good games are on the desktop machine. Not that that matters. I can control my finger twitches. Really I can. Must. Must. Control. Twitching. Posted
by D. Weinberger at June 20, 2003 04:17 PM
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I'd recommend an IMAP mail server - it will leave all your mail on the server and any client that connects sees the same view. All synced up. Caches solve the work offline dilema. All that might solve future headaches but you're already screwed with whatever you POPed to your laptop.
Back to the data mines now.
Posted by: Tim Harding | June 20, 2003 05:16 PM
Consider the possibility, after all that has transpired, that the motherboard is, all by itself, of faulty design. Switching to another "piece of garbage" will not help.
Unless you have lots of money and don't need the computer **right away**, you're taking a chance with the "latest and greatest" type of mobo. It's best to use a board that is recent, AND successfully deployed in the market place.
Another little wrinkle: Your operating system should be re-installed with the new mobo. Strapping your hard drive onto a new mobo and expecting it to work is a fool's errand.
Just my opinions, based on experience.
Posted by: Anonymous | June 21, 2003 07:18 AM
Oh, my OS has been reinstalled in honor of the new mobo. Oh yes. More than once.
But the point about the unreliability of the new is well taken.
Posted by: dweinberger | June 21, 2003 09:01 AM
To clarify, it's the **very** new. The best option is to ask the distributor what boards they are selling a lot of in the past, say 2 months that aren't being returned for various reasons.
Posted by: Anonymous | June 21, 2003 09:31 AM