Beware of products sold under the neame 'Sweex'

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You sure seem to have a lot of their stuff around, for it being so crappy and all. :)

On a sunny day (Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:05:41 -0400) it happened WangoTango wrote in :

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As a percentage of the total it is actually very little. And for me: 3 strikes and they are out. Do you for for those crooks?

Reminds me of this dodgy USB hub:

Dave.

On a sunny day (Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:04:32 +1000) it happened "David L. Jones" wrote in :

Which number is that in? I have been listening to the one about the low RFI MAXIM chip :-) Nice:-) What mike do you use (very good)?

Here are some pictures of the bad Sweex PCI to USB adaptor: ftp://panteltje.com/pub/Sweex_PCI_USB_adaptor_img_1429.jpg ftp://panteltje.com/pub/Sweex_PCI_USB_adaptor_img_1432.jpg Where is: C1 C17 C36 C38 and some other stuff? Lot of zig-zag traces to match delays?

Or somebody made a bad design and Sweex buys up the stuff at next to nothing? Unfortunately many computer shops here sell that brand, often the only thing you can get. Had to get a good one all the way from Germany (monodata.de, watch out they have this version too). In fact I ordered one with a NEC chip from them as I thought the problem was in the VIA chip with the Linux driver, although I did check the dataheet of the chip and modified the Linux driver... Anyways I got it from monodata, and it turned out to also have that VIA chip. So put it in the drawer.. But in the weekend (this is in the server) I decided to try the monodata one, as the Sweex had stopped working altogether as it was warm (30C) here... Now to my surprise the monodata worked 100 % OK, and no more errors. And it has one more USB out too, and was 1/2 the price of the Sweex... hehe :-)

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Do I what for those crooks? I don't think I have ever even seen a product by those 'crooks'. I was just pulling your leg. See the little smiley face???? Having a bad day?

Jim

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Guess those few extra pennies you saved, must of been the caps that were never installed!

On a sunny day (Wed, 12 Aug 2009 11:43:14 -0400) it happened WangoTango wrote in :

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Well, excuse me! ;-) Does it really need a nose? ;) looks pretty good.

That's OK, just give me your shipping address and I will get a new sense of humor shipped out at my expense ASAP. ;-)

Indeed. I once bought one of their DSL routers. Total crap so I returned it and got my money back. I bought a 3Com instead which wasn't so much more expensive either but worked like charm.

Oops, looks like the direct link isn't displaying correctly. It's blog #12 (Part 2)

Yes, my hats off to the gray bearded designer of that chip. Obviously not a design they outsourced to a work experience kid in India.

It's a cheap Shotgun video mic from Jaycar:

That looks superb compared to my dodgy USB hub! At the end of the video I show photos of the dodgy one vs a good quality one.

Dave.

On a sunny day (Thu, 13 Aug 2009 11:56:03 +1000) it happened "David L. Jones" wrote in :

OK, found it. Hey a ceramic resonator at 24 MHz??? LOL Or 23? Or maybe 25 hehe. Crappy soldering too, same I have seen here with a USB to RS232 adaptor.

Aha, strange, different impedance for near and far... Perhaps it switches in an amp or attenuator? Got to get one of those one day :-)

Nice tour of the Chinese factory, they have good stuff. Very young girls there on that assembly line.