To be honest, I have not needed to buy anything in a long time.....can't speak to the percentage that arrive DOA. I was appalled to have it happen here. Hard to believe in this day and age. Regards, Bob - "The Keyboard Cowboy" Cincinnati, OH Scottsdale, AZ Monday, February 26, 2007 4:05:55 PM --==<<0>>==-- On Monday, February 26, 2007, 9:20:54 AM, you wrote: JA> Have you got many DOA items from Newegg? A computer repair guy once JA> told my sister that 50% of the computer parts you buy are DOA. I told JA> her maybe he was buying them from the wrong place:) JA> Jo Ann JA> Bob - "The Keyboard Cowboy" wrote: >> Yep. The computer was a RAID 0 to start with. I decided when one drive >> failed that it made sense to replace both drives. I'll use the good drive >> in the computer as a stand-alone drive. That will give me 1000 Gig in RAID >> 0, 250 Gig and 360 Gig in two separate drives. That ought to hold all my >> MP3s huh?? <chuckle> >> Regards, >> Bob - "The Keyboard Cowboy" >> Cincinnati, OH >> Scottsdale, AZ >> Monday, February 26, 2007 8:55:09 AM >> --==<<0>>==-- >> On Sunday, February 25, 2007, 10:47:44 PM, you wrote: >> G> Shoot. Well, at least they're standing behind it. :O) >> G> Are those for a RAID setup? >> G> Peace, >> G> GMan >> G> "The only dumb questions are the ones that are never asked!" >> G> ----- Original Message ----- >> G> From: "Bob - "The Keyboard Cowboy"" <KBCowboy@xxxxxxxxx> >> G> To: "GMan" <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> G> Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2007 10:33 PM >> G> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: RAM question >> >>>> OK, that explains it all - thanks for the follow-up. >>>> Just as an update, the two hard drives came in from NewEgg.........one was >>>> DOA! d:~[ >>>> >> >>>> I ordered the replacement today and they agreed to send it overnight at >>>> their cost. >>>> >> >>>> Regards, >>>> >> >>>> Bob - "The Keyboard Cowboy" >>>> >> G> -- >> G> <Please delete this line and everything below.> >> G> To unsub or change your email settings: >> G> //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk >> G> To access our Archives: >> G> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ >> G> //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ >> -- >> <Please delete this line and everything below.> >> To unsub or change your email settings: >> //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk >> To access our Archives: >> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ >> //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ >> JA> -- JA> <Please delete this line and everything below.> JA> To unsub or change your email settings: JA> //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk JA> To access our Archives: JA> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ JA> //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ -- <Please delete this line and everything below.> To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/