Walter Erne

Of course that is what you said. You said "it's pretty reasonable to assume
though that IF it was anything important, the proper bulletin would
have been created". My opinion is that isn't true. I believe my friend on
the drives. You don't get it. I think that if they Intel pull a BIOS
version off of their website and substitute an earlier version that they
should tell their customers why. They didn't do it because they were
superstitious. If they had a good enough reason to pull it then they should
let us know why. And any computer company worth their salt would monitor
newsgroups on their hardware and provide informative and corrective
information. I'm not filling out a support form because I think they should
publicly acknowledge this information not inform people individually.
Corporations that do this normally just are trying to avoid bad publicity. I
think it is bad policy and normally backfires in their face but a lot of
people just don't want to face bad news and think it will just go away if
they ignore it, it doesn't. You may believe big brother is looking out for
you; I happen to think that we have to look out for ourselves. It isn't
often that others look out for you and I don't think they are doing so in
this case. This is usenet; groups are abandoned only if someone doesn't post
and we certainly are doing that./

Walter



"Milhouse Van Houten" <btvs@myrealbox.com> wrote in message
news:laYPb.100772$Rc4.640358@attbi_s54...
> "Walter Erne" <werne2@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:sbUPb.9148$RR3.6163@fe1.texas.rr.com...
> >
> > Unfortunately, it is reasonable to assume that Intel hasn't created the
> > proper bulletin and informed us about it. Why? Because they haven't.
>
> And, of course, that's not what I said. I said "it's pretty reasonable to
> assume though that IF it was anything important, the proper bulletin would
> have been created." And I stand by that, since I have no reason to assume
> the worst. Intel is not irresponsible.
>
> > hoping an Intel rep would answer one of these postings with the correct
> > information but it doesn't look like that is not going to happen.
>
> I think these groups are long abandoned.
>
> > Since they haven't I know a fellow system administrator who has bought
> > several large
> > drives for this motherboard to his regret. Apparently, Bios P12 won' t
> > recognize more than 130GB in a 200GB hard drive.
>
> I don't see how that's possible, since I have a 200GB drive (and a 160GB)
> with P12. No problem.
>
> > basic information, it makes you wonder what else they haven't told you.
> > Like
> > I said when companies pull essential files off of their websites they
have
> > a
> > responsibility to tell you why. The D865GBF is one of the basic
> > motherboards
> > used for Corporate America's workstations.
>
> Yes, we don't disagree (and it not just for that motherboard, the BIOS is
> for several), but if it's that important for you to know, simply fill out
> the support form. You should have an answer quite soon, and you can report
> back here when you have it.
>
>