Recent content by joeshmo

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    Maxtor Sux

    Archived from groups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage (More info?) >> Just had another go out. This 160 gig was a1.5 years old. Out of >> warrantee. >> Seagate has a 5 year garantee. I've bought 3 already for clients in the >> last year and haven't had any problems with them. >> Joe > No...
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    Two Disk Failures a Co-Incidence

    Archived from groups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage (More info?) Sounds like a brown-out. Had several device go out in one computer for literally no reported reason. Last thing was to test voltage and found that the socket didn't produce enough wattage. Also, UPS's can do the same when...
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    Maxtor Sux

    Archived from groups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage (More info?) Just had another go out. This 160 gig was a1.5 years old. Out of warrantee. Seagate has a 5 year garantee. I've bought 3 already for clients in the last year and haven't had any problems with them. Joe
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    I think Super Mario should retire !!!

    Archived from groups: rec.games.video.nintendo,finet.unet (More info?) > Yes, nobody is interested anymore in these old video-game grandpas. > > Let them retire and replace them by 7 foot tall musclemen with > monster-cocks ! > > That's what people want today ! Shock value is for kids and the...
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    Hard Disk Recommendations

    Archived from groups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage (More info?) Don't buy a maxtor. They have a good failure rate! Buy a seagate. It holds my data for this computer and it has a 5 year warrantee. Joe "Rod Speed" <rod_speed@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:3esvckF4qbn8U1@individual.net...
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    Canon BJC4000 Problem

    Archived from groups: comp.periphs.printers (More info?) I wouldn't throw it away. That printer was one of the best I ever owned. It lasted 5 years and printed about 20,000 color and black and white prints. The printer is reporting an error to the print head. The previous poster was correct...