Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: random lockups on new computers | Date | Wed, 28 Jul 1999 21:24:10 -0400 | From | Horst von Brand <> |
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Ralf Baechle <ralf@uni-koblenz.de> said: > On Wed, Jul 28, 1999 at 11:48:38AM -0400, Horst von Brand wrote: > > AFAIKS, the quality of the average hardware has gone way up from a few > > years ago. Maybe that explanation was valid then, I'd bet against it now.
> PC's are mass products. So you'll run over the full spectrum from basically > unusable to ha machines. Alot counterfitted wellknown brands are also > on the market making things worse for the price conscious customer ...
What shows up over here is mostly (!) no-name, corean/chinese boards. And Linux problems are less now than what I saw before. Sure, Linux has grown up too.
This machine here is fitted with a mobo of unknown origin, intel chipset. No trouble at all. -- Horst von Brand vonbrand@sleipnir.valparaiso.cl Casilla 9G, Viña del Mar, Chile +56 32 672616
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