[Soekris] SATA bust due to lack of QA (COM2 too)

[Pontus Pihlgren]

John Cox skrev:
> Hi all
>
> I now know why my SATA didn't work. U40 (a small chip near the SATA
> bridge) was misplaced by 1 pin.  Moving it back to its correct position
> on the board fixed the problem. (I can happily have CF primary and SATA
> secondary.)
>
> U22 which I'm guessing is the COM2 driver chip was also misplaced by a
> pin.  I had this cut out as we had no safe way of desoldering it, I have
> no particular need for COM2 and it seemed unsafe to leave it in circuit
> as it was.
>
> I have a picture of the chips before this was done which clearly shows
> the problem & I will send it to whoever wants it but at 139k I didn't
> think the list would appreciate it.  These functions were clearly
> untested as they can never have worked - Soekris needs to improve its
> testing before dispatch.  Can I claim some sort of refund? (say the cost
> of postage x2 from the UK to Soekris which is what it would have cost
> them if I'd returned it for repair)
>   

Its good that you share this kind of information, but perhaps your last
question is best sent directly to soekris? order at soekris.com or even
soren at soekris.com

Regards,
Pontus.