Why was a lock placed on this thread?

[bupkus]

Why was a lock placed on this thread?

Link to AnandTech forum thread

 

[Gaard]

Probably the old 'software question in the hardware forum' reason.

 

[bupkus]

But is was a piece of hardware that I had purchased that was giving me the problem. It wasn't as if I was asking about software that I had purchased.
Since all hardware devices involve software drivers it seems impossible to avoid discussing software issues when a device fails to work.

As it turned out the failure was due to VIA chipset incompatiblities on all my AMD computers.

Unfortunately, AnandTech's lock impeded my search for answers.

 

[John]

Maybe you should rephrase your question.

"How do I get a zip drive to work in Win 2K"

answer: Win 2K has native support for the drive, you do not need to install the iomegaware for it to function properly.