> Do NIC cards die more often because they > are exposed to static discharges or other > power surges?
Just to throw a spanner in the works. I know you guys obviously have different experiences. In a normal working environment - in 6 years working in this field, I MOST DEFINATELY had more hard drives fail than NICs. A 'no reason' NIC failure I've seen maybe 2 twice in that time. The rest all blew up through lightening storms (a frightening amount I may add). But these are obvious when the PC comes in and there's black marks stretching out from the UTP connector. I can't count how many hard drives have failed in that time. Quite a few. Mind you, I was using the cheap (whatever maxtor bought - I forget the name) LCT drives. I only buy Netgear and Intel NICs. --- Edward Dekkers (Director) Triple D Computer Services P/L -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
