[mdlug] ECS A770M-A motherboard SATA controller failure

[Aaron Kulkis]

Ingles, Raymond wrote:
>> From: Raymond McLaughlin
> 
>> Aaron Kulkis wrote:
>>> In other words, if a CPU is in a 2.2 GHz box, that's because
>>> it FAILED to run flawlessly when they cranked up the clock
>>> to 2.33 GHz.
>> Not necessarily true. It is my understanding that they do not set out
> to
>> make parts of each specific speed rating, They do set out to make
> parts
>> that will fall within a specific range. A part marked as 2.2 GHz will
>> have passed testing at that speed. It may, or may not have been test
> at
>> higher speeds.
> 
>  Then there are the occasional cases like the Macintosh IIsi. Sold
> running at 20MHz, but was designed as a 25MHz machine. (Apple didn't
> want it to cut into sales of the IIci, which ran at 25MHz.) So a simple
> bit of soldering to put in a new clock chip, and the machine was running
> at 125%, with no stability issues at all.

In any event, it was in fact a 20 MHz machine as sold.
Just like a Ford with a 383ci engine in it was in fact a
383 vehicle, even though you could drop in a 454ci engine.

> 
> Sincerely,
> 
>  Ray Ingles                                           (313) 227-2317
> 
>  "Capitalism works primarily because most of the ways that a company
>   can be scum end up being extremely bad for business when there's
>                    working competition." -rra

And that's why, in the long run, capitalism is friendlier
to "the little guy" than socialism.

In socialism, scummy companies can (and often do) continue
on indefinitely with government subsidies.  Krupp (of German
steel and warmaking fame) is a good example -- even while
doing rather nice things for their employees, Krupp became
quite scummy by the late 1800's.