Hi I thought this might be of general interest. Recently I purchased an X100P from a Digium reseller in the UK. Very pleased with the card; works perfectly. My friend (known for his deep pockets and short arms) purchased an X100P card from Ebay. He's had no end of problems with line noise, dropped called etc so I thought I would compare the two cards. Plus mine was delivered within two days his to three weeks. I mention a main chip I'm not an electrical engineer but I assume its some kind of DSP chip..... Dodgy Ebay X100P - Smaller form factor with shorter than "normal" PCI Pins (by "normal" I'm comparing it to the Adaptec SCSI card I have in the machine and an Intel Pro 100 network card). No heat sink on main (DSP??) chip. Chip details removed from silicon chip covers. Claims to be FCC compliant but doesn't mention which parts of the rules or a registration number. Bears a TUV Rheinland Product Saftey logo. Digium X100P - Larger form factor with longer PCI Pins. Heat sink on main (DSP??) chip. Chips have all marking intact. Bears an FCC & CE logo and quote the relevant rules. It's supported! :-) Next using an infrared heat gun I checked the running temperatures of the main (DSP??) chips on both cards after 1 hour of continued use. Room temp: 30 degrees Celcius X100P: 30 degrees Dodgy Ebay: 47 degrees With regards to reliability and performance I've had no problems (after my initial typo's and lack of understanding were overcome); my friend has had machine lock ups, dropped calls, awful hum on the lines etc. I've got a couple of high quality (4000x3000 17mb JPG or 40+mb RAW) images if anyone wants to compare have a look - for obvious reasons I though it best not to post them to the list ;-) Cheers Matt
On Wed, 16 Jun 2004 11:20:25 +0100, Matt <matt@powderdays.com> wrote:> > I've got a couple of high quality (4000x3000 17mb JPG or 40+mb RAW) > images > if anyone wants to compare have a look - for obvious reasons I though it > best not to post them to the list ;-)I wouldn't mind a look at the eBay one, perhaps at a smaller res though (1024x768 ?) I've got one of them waiting to be fitted, and I'd be interested to see if it's the same one. -- -S
This is a digium list so I'm not going to promote other clone cards but I will say there are cards out there that are much closer match to the digium but probably have not gone through the regulatory european certification procedure which the digium cards have been through. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matt" <matt@powderdays.com> To: <asterisk-users@lists.digium.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 11:20 AM Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Digium X100P vs Dodgy Ebay X100P> Hi > > I thought this might be of general interest. > > Recently I purchased an X100P from a Digium reseller in the UK. Very > pleased with the card; works perfectly. My friend (known for his deep > pockets and short arms) purchased an X100P card from Ebay. He's had noend> of problems with line noise, dropped called etc so I thought I wouldcompare> the two cards. Plus mine was delivered within two days his to threeweeks.> > I mention a main chip I'm not an electrical engineer but I assume its some > kind of DSP chip..... > > Dodgy Ebay X100P - Smaller form factor with shorter than "normal" PCI Pins > (by "normal" I'm comparing it to the Adaptec SCSI card I have in themachine> and an Intel Pro 100 network card). No heat sink on main (DSP??) chip. > Chip details removed from silicon chip covers. Claims to be FCC compliant > but doesn't mention which parts of the rules or a registration number.Bears> a TUV Rheinland Product Saftey logo. > > > Digium X100P - Larger form factor with longer PCI Pins. Heat sink on main > (DSP??) chip. Chips have all marking intact. Bears an FCC & CE logo and > quote the relevant rules. It's supported! :-) > > Next using an infrared heat gun I checked the running temperatures of the > main (DSP??) chips on both cards after 1 hour of continued use. > > Room temp: 30 degrees Celcius > X100P: 30 degrees > Dodgy Ebay: 47 degrees > > With regards to reliability and performance I've had no problems (after my > initial typo's and lack of understanding were overcome); my friend has had > machine lock ups, dropped calls, awful hum on the lines etc. > > I've got a couple of high quality (4000x3000 17mb JPG or 40+mb RAW) images > if anyone wants to compare have a look - for obvious reasons I though it > best not to post them to the list ;-) > > Cheers > > > Matt > > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >
I'm using both for the past one year. Facing Obsolutely *ZERO PROBLEMS* on both. As a matter of fact I always like to spend less money. I don't mind whether you put a DSP chip or no chips. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matt" <matt@powderdays.com> To: <asterisk-users@lists.digium.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 11:20 AM Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Digium X100P vs Dodgy Ebay X100P> Hi > > I thought this might be of general interest. > > Recently I purchased an X100P from a Digium reseller in the UK. Very > pleased with the card; works perfectly. My friend (known for his deep > pockets and short arms) purchased an X100P card from Ebay. He's had noend> of problems with line noise, dropped called etc so I thought I wouldcompare> the two cards. Plus mine was delivered within two days his to threeweeks.> > I mention a main chip I'm not an electrical engineer but I assume its some > kind of DSP chip..... > > Dodgy Ebay X100P - Smaller form factor with shorter than "normal" PCI Pins > (by "normal" I'm comparing it to the Adaptec SCSI card I have in themachine> and an Intel Pro 100 network card). No heat sink on main (DSP??) chip. > Chip details removed from silicon chip covers. Claims to be FCC compliant > but doesn't mention which parts of the rules or a registration number.Bears> a TUV Rheinland Product Saftey logo. > > > Digium X100P - Larger form factor with longer PCI Pins. Heat sink on main > (DSP??) chip. Chips have all marking intact. Bears an FCC & CE logo and > quote the relevant rules. It's supported! :-) > > Next using an infrared heat gun I checked the running temperatures of the > main (DSP??) chips on both cards after 1 hour of continued use. > > Room temp: 30 degrees Celcius > X100P: 30 degrees > Dodgy Ebay: 47 degrees > > With regards to reliability and performance I've had no problems (after my > initial typo's and lack of understanding were overcome); my friend has had > machine lock ups, dropped calls, awful hum on the lines etc. > > I've got a couple of high quality (4000x3000 17mb JPG or 40+mb RAW) images > if anyone wants to compare have a look - for obvious reasons I though it > best not to post them to the list ;-) > > Cheers > > > Matt > > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > >
>I wouldn't mind a look at the eBay one, perhaps at a smaller res though >(1024x768 ?) > >I've got one of them waiting to be fitted, and I'd be interested to seeif it's the same one.> >-- >-SMe too. I'm using a clone X101P I bought from Goods2World a while back and get occasional dropped calls, so would be interested in comparing the two images. If you could stick them on a web server they could be downloaded easily enough (personally I'd prefer the full images). Cheers, Karl ________________________________________________________________________ This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by Star Internet. The service is powered by MessageLabs. For more information on a proactive anti-virus service working around the clock, around the globe, visit: http://www.star.net.uk ________________________________________________________________________