[COLUG] AOpen DVD drive issue

[William Yang]

Thomas W. Cranston wrote:

> Take it back and demand that they put a decent mobo in it if that's the
> case.

While you're certainly welcome to take that tact, given that this problem
is fairly common when dealing with Core (2) Duo and Pentium D motherboards,
you may be looking at generally higher costs.  Personally, I see no need
for seeking premium equipment, when the fixes are straightforward.

Personally, I wouldn't return a new car because the radio stations weren't
set to the stations I wanted.  I wouldn't return a new car because I ran
out of gas.  Nor would I return a mobo when the problem was a usage error.
 All that does is unfairly put cost on the vendor, which while it may solve
your short-term problem, it will also drive up costs or reduce choices in
the market in the future.

When it's a usage error, I try to take personal responsibility for what I'm
doing.  That's part of the hidden cost of working with "Free" (as in both
beer and speech) software: you have choice, but you also have
responsibility.  This doesn't require WRITING a patch to fix the problem:
it requires taking care to make things work properly.

	-Bill
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William Yang
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