CyberStorm sent to DCE for repair

[PulsatingQuasar]

@Kurt

I also do that with my BlizzardPPC's and this is the only way to keep them alive. In both my towers I have directed two 5 cm fans under a 45 degree angle( fixed to 5 1/4 drive bay with some wires) to blow away the air between the processors and the side of the case.

This works really well because the side of the case doesn't get even mildly warm anymore whilst it would heat up quite nicelly without the cooling. I'd show you some pictures but I don't have a digital camera yet.

Not doing this allready cost me a BlizzardPPC. Luckilly this was stil in the warrany period but because the company I got it from didn't want anything to do with DCE, I got it replaced with a lot of PC components.
I hindsight it looks to me that this might have been the most smart company ever.

It's a real shame that the production rights to the best accelarator hardware are with the most unreliable company there is. Thats why their behaviour has been tollerated for so long I think. And now they also stopped production! Maybe it's time to dump them.

I also heard that mister Dellert actually doesn't like Amiga hardware anymore and can't stop talking negativelly about it.

What I also find strange is that Haage&Partner and other companies have been completely destroyed by the wrath of some in this community whilst DCE actually deserved it the most I think.

[PulsatingQuasar]

I think an official statement from them about this situation where people have been waiting for their hardware to be fixed for 2 year would be suitable. Including an honest appology!

I don't think that's going to happen. They don't care about Amiga at DCE. You can see that from the crappy way they handle repairs and support.
I think it is a very unproffesional company that unfortunately happens to hold the production rights to the Blizzard and Cyberstorm products. That's why people tollerated their crap.

I also really hate the latest flash for the BlizzardPPC. They changed something that requires updating a core ROM which can only be done at DCE from rev 0 to rev 2.
I think that's rediculous. How long will they keep that service? And like anyone is going to send the board to them after this crap.

They should have released a new flash that solved the problems. Without the newest flash I can't even use the newest CyberGraphx drivers.

So basicly, this all sucks.

[PulsatingQuasar]

Well, does that French company Hyperion also sends the CyberstormPPC to also fix the BlizzardPPC??

Because if so, then I think it's better to send them there because I have heard good things about them!

AND ADD COOLING. Just like the other guy said. That's why my first BlizzardPPC has allready survived for about 5 years.
The BlizzardPPC are not suited for trapdoor design and certainly also not without cooling.

[PulsatingQuasar]

I have no board there luckilly but you have my blessing in sending the cops to them because it's been far too long now for some people to have their boards back.

They were probably indeed used for parts and that is a criminal offence because they never got the permission to do that. They also don't have the right to have many of those boards for allready a few years.

It's time to do something, anything about this and actually they should do it. And if they can't remember which board belongs to which owner, they should just come forward and tell that so people can send them proof of purchase and get their board back.

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Hey Ron,

Great to know you're solving this 'dark side' of the Blizzard and Cyberstorm saga. I hope you can bring it to a good end.