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SubjectRe: Huge unreliability - does Linux have something to do with it?
Please keep me CCd

Willy Tarreau wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 04, 2005 at 07:18:17AM -0500, Wakko Warner wrote:
> > I have this exact same laptop. It works perfectly for me with linux.
> > Originally started with a 2.4 kernel and recently went to 2.6.10. The modem
> > works well, the video card works well even with 3D accel. I replaced the
> > original 30gb hdd with a 40gb (for space reasons). The only complaint about
> > this thing I have is the fact they used an nvidia video chip. I have seen
> > more than 4 months uptime on it (I used to use it as a desktop)
>
> I think it does not like being moved. A friend of mine had his one repaired
> several times because of either hard disk failures, backlight failure and
> the machine refusing to boot at all. I've never seen such unreliable hardware!

Mine didn't have that problem. At the time it was the fastest machine I
had. I got away from it though with my nice xeon box =)

I have never heard of a machine that if you move it it'd quit working.
That's bad. I have heard of a machine quit working because someone looked
at it the wrong way.

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