Re: [cobalt-users] In Search of USED 19" cases.

["Charles Williams \(CEO\)" <hosting.mailing.list.account@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rodolfo J. Paiz" <rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2001 3:54 AM
Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] In Search of USED 19" cases.


> At 4/21/01 03:54 PM +0200, you wrote:
> >Hey all,
> >
> >Anyone got any 19" cases for AT and/or ATX boards that they'd be willing
to
> >part with at a good price?
> >
> >chuck
>
> Story... I've had two power supplies go bad on me, both in cases that had
> served faithfully for two years or more. Each time, the power supply's
> throes of agony on death's door created power spikes which fried my hard
> drives. Once, two Western Digitals; the other time, two Seagate
Barracudas.
>
> Conclusion: do not buy used cases. Get new ones, and then replace the
power
> supplies every X months or years. And make backups. Nothing you can do to
> protect components from the power supply...
>

Rodolfo,

Thanks for the insight.  However, these are to be donated to my local school
district.  I am already donating the internals and the cabinets and my time.
I can't afford to donate brand new cases as well.  I do ok in my business
but I'm just not that financially well off yet.  Hopefully sometime soon.

The issues regarding equipment loss are not really very important at the
moment as all equipment involved has already returned investment (for the
most part) and is just sitting around doing nothing but taking up space.

chuck