Tim wrote: > Bill Perry: >>> It appears that my scsi card went bad during the hardware upgrade. >>> >>> Arrrrrg! > > Tom Horsley: >> I'm convinced that hardware just sits around waiting for >> a software upgrade so it can fail at the most confusing >> possible time :-). > > It's not too surprising, in some cases... > > Often, a computer spends most of its time idling along, but an install > causes it to do a moderately heavy workload for a prolonged period, and > that can show up cooling faults, or be the straw that broke the camel's > back in components that were on the verge of failing. > > And then there's computers that spend a year or two sitting on the > shelf, then the user opens them up and rummages around inside. > Subjecting it to physical stress (twisting the case, so cards walk out > of the motherboard, or hairline fractures occur), and to static shocks. > Dust. You disturb the dust. -- Bill Davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx> "We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from the machinations of the wicked." - from Slashdot -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
