RE: [cobalt-users] What cpu is in a cobalt raq4 - screaming lawsu its

["John Cordeiro" <jcordeiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jeff I looked into this problem and found I too had a RAQ3 disguised as a
RAQ4 here is the Gist of the conversation with Cobaltracks.com I thought
Cobalt Might be interested as he is blaming it on you guys.

I just got off the phone with Tom Surmiak, and he told me that he is in a
meeting, and that they have just tested the most recent bunch of servers
that they got by opening them up ,and they have the 450 processor in them,
he went on to state that he has no idea why mine has a 300processor, and he
is aware of the webhostingtalk.com discussions and I asked why are there at
least 15 customers that have a raq4i contract and only have raq3is, he
stated that he doesnt know that there are that many, I told him that between
my emails and different discussion groups there are more than 15 people with
this same problem.

The end result was that I told him that I wanted my hard drive pulled out of
my raq and inserted into a raq4i with 450mhz processor.  He said that he
made a note of it, and will have a technician do it, he asked if it mattered
what time of day that they do this, and I told him that it does not matter
since their connectivity is so bad that to have the server down for an hour
or more really doesnt matter since most people cant get to the site anyway
because of their connection problems.

I reminded him that on one occasion that his flunkies tell me that they have
a DOS attack and the next minute they tell me that it's cable and wireless
upgrading their infrastructure.  It's bull shit all the way around.  End
result will be that they will pull my hard drive and put it into a known
raq4i with a 450mhz processor.

Seems strange that other providers dont have this problem, you signup for a
raq4i with them and you get a raq4i.

He also went on to state that he is not an attorney and when confronted with
the fraud charges he said that he could not comment on that since he is not
an attorney and does not know about that.


John Cordeiro

-----Original Message-----
From: cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Jeff Bilicki
Sent: Monday, December 04, 2000 3:36 PM
To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] What cpu is in a cobalt raq4 - screaming
lawsu its


>> Thank you Carrie.  Your program confirmed our suspicions!
>>
>> My results show.
>>
>> 1 AuthenticAMD AMD-K6(tm) 3D processor 298 MHz Processor(s)
>>
>> and
>>
>> 1 ethernet interface(s) eth0: Intel EtherExpress Pro 10/100 at 0x1000,
>> 00:10:E0:01:B4:04, IRQ 11.
>>
>> Funny, all the RAQ4s come with two ethernet interfaces.
>>
>> Adam let me know what State you are in, I think it is lawsuit time.

> Guys - just get the serial number or MAC address, contact Cobalt
> and look up what kind of machines they were sold as. Simple as
> that. You want to be darn sure before you start screaming lawsuit.
> It's quite possible that the processor went bad on that box and
> to save cost, they replaced it with a 300mhz rather than a 450mhz.
> As for the second ethernet interface, it could just be disabled
> if it isn't being used.

Yes, I would also suggest this course of action.  Since people can take an
RaQ 4 OS Restore CD and use it on a RaQ 3, I am not all the surpised to see
this happen.  I think Cobalt would also have a vested interest in seeing
this practice stopped and revoking any partnerships currently standing with
this dealer.

Jeff-

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