Re: Happens without warning

Thumbs up on Seagate.
My Freenas File Server has 1 TB, from systems that went bad, but the Seagate SATA 250's were fine. I abuse the crap out of it, Linux ISO's, Firewall Distros, PDF's up the Wazoo, Family pics, and network backups every-night.

The funny part is, the Freenas OS was on a 80 GB Maxtor that cooked about a month after install, but I had saved the config, put a Seagate 120 GB in, reinstalled Freenas, imported config, back in business. That was a little over 3 years ago. I have a 250, and a 160GB sitting on the shelf...

Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

Hello All
I live in Aberdeen, Washington. My first computer was a "Tandy Color Computer" with 16kb Memory, The storage medium was a Cassette Deck.

Most everyone calls me Hal. I came to this site via a tech forum discussion on replacing caps, so far I like what I have read. I have up till now been replacing them myself, with about a 70% success rate. The problem for me is Time, I am a AAA service provider, so I am in and out all the time. Leaving a solder job in the middle is not advisable,...