Re: random lockups on new computers

Horst von Brand (vonbrand@sleipnir.valparaiso.cl)
Wed, 28 Jul 1999 21:24:10 -0400

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.

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Horst von Brand                             vonbrand@sleipnir.valparaiso.cl
Casilla 9G, Viņa del Mar, Chile                               +56 32 672616


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