Aren't our so called "computer recyclers" shipping our technology waste to China to be "recycled?"
Why not stop burning that motherboard and use it.
The Darker Side of Computer Recycling
With two 802.11b networks and a 2.4GHz phone, I've found that my phone stomps on my 802.11b signal occasionally. The phone has to be set manually to a different channel.
Then the 900MHz phone clobbers the baby monitor.
So... How dense can we get?
My company has (had) about 100 75GXPs. About 30% have died. A third party hardware developer told us that they gave up on making the 75GXP work with their product and it wasn't supported. We found out the hard way. Pressing them, they said drives built in Hungary from April 2000 to Novemeber 2000 (not sure these are the right dates) were a liability.
Here are some quotes from what I found at storagereview.com:
"I bought 2 of these drives and have had 2 disc failures, hey at least they're consistent!"
"7 defective 75 gxp's out of 6 in 9 months , draw your own conclusion..."
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Aren't our so called "computer recyclers" shipping our technology waste to China to be "recycled?"
Why not stop burning that motherboard and use it. The Darker Side of Computer Recycling
With two 802.11b networks and a 2.4GHz phone, I've found that my phone stomps on my 802.11b signal occasionally. The phone has to be set manually to a different channel. Then the 900MHz phone clobbers the baby monitor. So... How dense can we get?
My company has (had) about 100 75GXPs. About 30% have died. A third party hardware developer told us that they gave up on making the 75GXP work with their product and it wasn't supported. We found out the hard way. Pressing them, they said drives built in Hungary from April 2000 to Novemeber 2000 (not sure these are the right dates) were a liability.
Here are some quotes from what I found at storagereview.com:
"I bought 2 of these drives and have had 2 disc failures, hey at least they're consistent!"
"7 defective 75 gxp's out of 6 in 9 months , draw your own conclusion..."