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Re: Worst design decisions?

  • From: Vinny Abello
  • Date: Thu Sep 18 09:25:51 2003

How about MB chipset fans which always seem to fail! I avoid any mobo with a chipset fan if possible. This is still commonplace and I still see them fail all the time.

At 09:09 AM 9/18/2003, Ryan Dobrynski wrote:

I have beef with every chasis designer that has ever left a sharp edge
hidden deep inside thier "case of doom" just waiting to gash some poor IT
guy in a most unpleasent manor..

also ASUS who insists on putting thier onboard sound interface at the
BOTTOM of the MB when they know that the little cable you get with the
cdrom is half the length of the board. you end up with an analog audio
cable thats stretched tight and now in the way of all your PCI slots...
/rude

Ryan Dobrynski
Hat-Swapping Gnome
Choice Communications


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