[SLL] OT--Hardware: New Build Won't go to POST

[Abha Harting]

Well, I do admit that I like it even if it is sometimes like living a bad
romance. When you get something to work that was dead you feel on top of the
world!

But then there are the other times where you had to wonder what were you
thinking like the time I swapped out a board from one case to another and
then it wouldn't go in the new case...OH man the angst is awful for a few
hours...until you fix it, and then you almost forget the incident.

Almost.

Abha

On 10/15/07, Glenn Stone <technoshaman at liawol.org> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Oct 15, 2007 at 12:45:45PM -0700, Andrew Sweger wrote:
> >It was at this point I stopped building my own machines and only buy them
> >from http://siliconmechanics.com/  It may be more expensive at first, but
> >compared to my time and sanity, worth every penny.
> >
> >On Mon, 15 Oct 2007, Abha Harting wrote:
> >
> >> Whenever I get a problem, I wonder why the hell I subject myself to
> this and
> >> drive myself crazy?
>
> Has to do with time and temperment.  If you absolutely positively have to
> have the machine work, and hardware drives you nuts, then it's definitely
> worth the bucks to go with a professional outfit.  I've seen SM's facility
> and a bit of how they work, and was impressed... and having the company
> that
> builds your box be local has some huge benefits that don't often show up
> on
> an accountant's spreadsheet.
>
> Myself, I used to work for one of SM's competitors, so I have a fair bit
> of
> experience with figuring out what the heck is wrong with the hardware,
> even
> when the only link I've got to it is a tech on a phone.  And I don't mind
> getting my hands dirty.  But that's the way my brain works; some folks are
> pure software, and changing a light bulb can be a bit daunting.  And if
> that
> turns out to give the boys in Bothell job security?  I think that's a
> happy
> thing.  Particularly when some of that comes back to the community.
>
> (Shameless plug on a related topic:  For those of you who haven't already
> seen it, GSLUG is Saturday at noon, I *believe* SM will be there, and I'm
> speaking first, so be there on time! :)  Oooers, I see from the Wiki that
> Garret Honeycutt from Speakeasy is complimenting my small-scale anti-spam
> talk with how they handle 4 *million* emails a day...
>
> http://wiki.gslug.org/index.php/Meeting_2007-10-20 for the full scoop.)
>
> -- Glenn
> p.s. I've got quite the little tale to tell...
>