Philips' great name has been severely tarnished ever since they allowed that once great name to be licenced for all sorts of cheap far-east electronic junk. Wal-Mart, for example, sells all sorts of Philips badged throwaway electronics whose performance is disappointingly lacking. Joe Original Message: ----------------- From: Russell McMahon apptechnz@gmail.com Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 21:58:21 +1300 To: piclist@mit.edu Subject: Re: [EE] anti-stat for disk drives I have several "Phlips" branded USB2 external cages which have to go. Identical except for badges to no name clones. Noisy or dead fans, hot regardless, slow & poor startup, etc. Philips' great name has been severely streched with these - may well have nothing to do with them at all. R -- = -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web.com =96 Enhanced email for the mobile individual based on Microsof= t=AE Exchange - http://link.mail2web.com/Personal/EnhancedEmail -- = http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist