[ale] OT: Ginstar

[transam at verysecurelinux.com (Transam)]

On Tue, Nov 05, 2002 at 10:30:15AM -0500, cfowler wrote:
> Guys, 

> It seems that we are having a rahs of problems with Ginstar PC power
> supplies dying too early in their life.  Before the one-yeat warranty is
> up.  I've purchased 6 machines myself and we have others.  Anyone else
> here having a run of bad luck like this?

Yes, I gave up on Ginstar after two systems I bought were defective in
that their power lights did not work because their wires were improperly
connected to the connector that plugged into the Motherboard.  I had to
waste an hour fixing it.

This was after the Rackmount system I ordered from them failed my
specification to support two PCI cards.  After their hardware fools
just swapped components hoping that it would work, I was stuck with
an expensive system that I've not yet sold.  (It would make a fine
web/mail server or Firewall with a 4-port NIC that I could supply.)

I also spent so much time there standing around waiting to be taken
care of that it just wasn't worth my time.

> Thanks,
> Chris

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