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Post #13,954
by JayMehaffey
10/18/01 10:19:21 AM
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New Heh
Sound like a high quality system there, though considering the way most of the systems I've bought actually worked out of the box I suspect they are just being more honest then most.

I once I had a sound card where the manuals cover page just said "sound card." Nothing else, nothing in the manual gave any clue as to which company was responsible for assembling the sound card, when it had been assembled or where it was assembled.

Jay
Post #13,975
by Andrew Grygus
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10/18/01 12:55:38 PM
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New The reason for that . .
. . and the reason for there being no name on the card (sound cards and modems are the worst offenders) is that they are built for private branding. Sometimes the customer doesn't want to bother branding it so they just use the generic manual.

The only way to find the real manufacturer is through the FCC ID. There's a link on my [link|http://www.aaxnet.com/info/links.html|Links page].
[link|http://www.aaxnet.com|AAx]
Post #14,061
by a6l6e6x
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10/18/01 8:18:28 PM
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New Andrew, please update the IWeThey link to zIWeThey!
Alex
Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction. -- Blaise Pascal (1623-1662)
Post #14,062
by inthane-chan
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10/18/01 8:44:21 PM
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New Once again...
Google is often your friend.

I usually take the largest chip on the card, look for something that looks like a part number, and stick it in there.

9 times out of 10, I get the manufacturer's page. ^_^
"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche
Post #14,067
by Andrew Grygus
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10/18/01 9:20:38 PM
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New That gets you the chip makers site.
The chip makers don't make the boards, but they often post drivers that work with most (but not all) boards using their chips.
[link|http://www.aaxnet.com|AAx]
Post #14,130
by Ashton
10/19/01 3:51:14 AM
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New Typo re "Infoworld Electric"
disastrous not disasterous.
     OK, I've seen some cheap gear, but . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (11) - Oct. 17, 2001, 04:35:52 PM EDT
         Rofl - (pwhysall) - (2) - Oct. 17, 2001, 06:48:49 PM EDT
             No, but where I differ with you . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (1) - Oct. 17, 2001, 11:32:53 PM EDT
                 Fairy nuf... - (pwhysall) - Oct. 18, 2001, 03:47:30 PM EDT
         Heh - (JayMehaffey) - (5) - Oct. 18, 2001, 10:19:21 AM EDT
             The reason for that . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (4) - Oct. 18, 2001, 12:55:38 PM EDT
                 Andrew, please update the IWeThey link to zIWeThey! -NT - (a6l6e6x) - Oct. 18, 2001, 08:18:28 PM EDT
                 Once again... - (inthane-chan) - (1) - Oct. 18, 2001, 08:44:21 PM EDT
                     That gets you the chip makers site. - (Andrew Grygus) - Oct. 18, 2001, 09:20:38 PM EDT
                 Typo re "Infoworld Electric" - (Ashton) - Oct. 19, 2001, 03:51:14 AM EDT
         arguing with a white box vendor - (boxley) - (1) - Oct. 20, 2001, 08:56:20 PM EDT
             We don't see those out here much. - (Andrew Grygus) - Oct. 20, 2001, 09:48:55 PM EDT

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