Review for user RiDDLeRThC from Hajime

  • Hajime (30)

    DFI Lanparty UT250gb Athlon 64 3200+ 512mb RAM

    Hajime was the Buyer on March 3, 2005 AnandTech

    Holy crap. Talk about a deal that could have gone bad in so many places - but this trader had the patience and the communication skills to get past the initial issues.

    I customized the BIOS to his specifications for the Lanparty, and shipped it out. However, the stick of RAM that was customized for the mobo was bad. Strike one for me - the RAM was working a few days prior in his mobo. The Lanparty was having lag and general difficulties with network connections - Strike two. His videocard did not play video correctly - strike three!

    In the end, it required a CMOS reset to fix the networking issue, and after a few hours, it was revealed that his RAM was bad. However, the ATI drivers were one major headache - ended up that the stock ATI catalysts had some pretty hefty bugs in them, and it required third party modified drivers for his 9600 to even work correctly :(. Stupid ATI drivers!

    Good trader here, folks. Not many have the patience to do what he did. This deal could have gone wrong in so many ways that it isn't even funny - and the sad part was all that was needed was a CMOS reset and working ATI drivers to fix the issues. But it took hours to diagnose, due to weirdness.

    Again, great trader. I would -not- hesitate to trade with him again! Hell, I'd ship/pay first without hesitation.

    March 3, 2005