[Info-vax] Hopelessly Pathetic Hardware Parts

[John Wallace]

On Aug 23, 7:57 pm, ChrisQ <m... at devnull.com> wrote:
> On 08/23/12 04:42, Paul Sture wrote:
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> > This is a completely different story to the HP Microserver I bought last
> > December.
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> > These come with a screwdriver and enough correct screws to fit 4 disks,
> > all neatly arranged on the inside of the front door.  Mine has empty
> > slots for 4 further screws.  Presumably if I had ordered the same model
> > without an optical drive, those screws would be present.
>
> Well, they must have learned something from Compaq then :-). Compaq
> machines came with  a set of spare screws inside the case, in their own
> little tapped holes, specially for the purpose. You could get any
> Compaq machine to bits and replace drives, whatever with a single torx
> driver.
>
> Properly sorted...
>
> Regards,
>
> Chris

Compaq business-class machines (Deskpro etc) I saw were built like
that but were the consumer product (what used to be Presario?). After
my 2nd Compaq Presario desktop with an unfixable failure I vowed never
ever to go near the Presario range again. Same as I will never again
go near HP consumer printers.