Re: www.aria.co.uk - Refund Saga !!


"Fat Freddy's Cat" <port_26@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Sylvain Van der Walde" <sylvain.vanderwalde@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> the CD-ROM drive had only 4 holding screws instead of 8 (if you only use
>> 4, you can encourage vibration; which may upset the laser's positioning
>
> Bollocks.
>
Yes, I've got some.

This info I obtained from a website about building computers; giving
in-depth details about the motherboard, processor, ram, expansion cards,
etc..; every item used to build a computer. That website is /was really very
good and helpful.
I will try and find it again on Google.
As for you FFC, you should know that most knowledge is passed on by others;
so don't "shoot the messenger".
I know that I mentioned 8 screws (my memory may be at fault); I meant the
_largest_ number of screws that a particular drive will take. The advice
applies mostly to the higher speed drives.
I still think that it's good advice, even if applied in theory only.

> Built hundreds of machines myself and *never* used any more than 4 screws
> on optical drives. Can't really recall much problems with folks coming
> back to me with dodgy drives.
>

How long have we had high speed CD-ROM drives? Not all that long.

> I've also worked on *countless* other machines not built by me and *never*
> found more than 4 screws holding optical drives in place. I would be
> heartily pissed off at the thought of having to unscrew 8 screws just to
> remove an optical drive.
>
> 4 screws 'encouraging' vibration?!? thats quite possibly the biggest load
> of tosh I've ever read. Is this is the best you can do in criticising the
> build quality of an ARIA machine?
>
Do you work for them?

I mentioned that in passing. The misaligned motherboard was my real
complaint.

Sylvain.
> g.
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