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PC cooling specialist Zalman goes bankrupt due to fraud

If you’ve built your own PC at any point over the past 15 years, chances are you’ve either considered or used a cooling product made by Zalman. The South Korean company has done a lot to progress the field of keeping our computer components cool while also keeping noise levels to an absolute minimum. However, they won’t be doing that anymore because Zalman has gone bankrupt.

The reason for its bankruptcy isn’t anything to do with its own products or performance, in fact this news may even come as a shock to Zalman employees. The reason the company has collapsed is due to the actions of its parent company Moneual, and more specifically its CEO and vice presidents.

Moneual CEO Harold Park, and vice presidents Scott Park and Won Duck-yeok, have apparently spent the last five years producing fraudulent documentation relating to the sales performance of Zalman. These documents inflated sales figures and export data for Zalman’s products. The reason? Bank loans.

By increasing sales and exports Park and his associates were able to secure bank loans totaling $2.98 billion. Someone has finally realized what has been going on, though, triggering Zalman’s shares to be suspended on the stock market and the company filing for bankruptcy protection. The questions now turn to how this practice was allowed to continue unnoticed for so long and how the banks will go about getting their near $3 billion back?

It seems unlikely Zalman will make it through what is sure to be a long process filled with lawsuits and prosecutions. However, the company does hold a number of patents relating to cooling and fan noise reduction technology. They will be worth something, and it seems likely a patent sale will happen eventually. Zalman’s competitors, including companies such as Cooler Master and Thermaltake will surely take an interest when that happens.
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Mda, nasol cu memorie rapidă + densă. Merită încercat un memtest86, văd că acum vreo lună au integrat și asta în teste.
 
Cred ca e posibil sa testezi sisteme perfect stabile a caror memorii sa faca probleme in Memtest doar pentru ca in activitatea de zi cu zi nu ai procese care sa citeasca "obsesiv" (de sute de mii de ori la rand) aceeasi zona de memorie. Partea buna este ca macar memoriile ECC nu sunt afectate.
 
Problema majoră e că atacul e ușor de realizat - doar rulezi un cod mic și se flipăie biții; nu neapărat atacuri complexe de code execution, sunt suficiente cele de corupere random a datelor ca să fie o problemă.
 
Memoriile mele din T530 par să reziste la hammer test, dar una din ele nu rezistă la teste mai "ușoare". Luni la garanție.

Memtest86 v6 e cumva mai prost/lent decât v4, dacă v4.3.7 îmi detectează într-o jumătate de oră 14 erori în 2 locații, v6 îmi detectează după 50 de minute doar o eroare, într-una din locațiile detectate de v4.
 
Am un pad Saitek P2600 care nu e recunoscut de NASCAR Heat Evolution. Să sun la Logi? :biggrin:
 
Un ultim cadou de la fostul support Saitek:

ftp://ftp.saitek.com/pub/software/full/Saitek_P2600_Rumble_Pad_SD6_32.exe

ftp://ftp.saitek.com/pub/software/full/Saitek_P2600_Rumble_Pad_SD6_64.exe

Ultimele drivere aparute inainte sa devina discontinued produsul.

Dar de acum inainte trebuie sa suni la Logitech. :smile:
 
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E simpatică încrâncenarea M$ de a împinge W10. Baza de clienți W7/8 non-corporate, care oricum nu pot face upgrade, e tot mai mică și reușesc să o îndepărteze tot mai mult. Mai ales că pentru majoritatea o distribuție de Linux e suficientă.

Dacă tot nu își pot convinge clienții cu un produs nou, semnificativ mai bun, doar îi freacă la icre cu un upgrade inutil.
 
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