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Re: spontaneous PC power losses - HELP!

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From: Dr.Hal0nf1r�$
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2008 18:34
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���hw��f wrote:
> On Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:46:44 +0100
> "Dr.Hal0nf1r�$" <femail@nospam.kustomkomputa.co.uk.invalid> wrote:
>
>> ���hw��f wrote:
>>> Dr.Hal0nf1r�$ <femail@nospam.kustomkomputa.co.uk.invalid>
>>> wrote<PoednY_Ict90aY3VRVnyiwA@bt.com>:
>>>
>>>> �n�hw�lf wrote:
>>>>> "Dr.Hal0nf1r$" <femail@nospam.kustomkomputa.co.uk.invalid>
>>>>> clouded the waters of pure thought with:
>>>>>> ���hw��f wrote:
>>>>>>> On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:19:58 +0100
>>>>>>> "Dr.Hal0nf1r�$" <femail@nospam.kustomkomputa.co.uk.invalid>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> ���hw��f wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:43:07 +0100
>>>>>>>>> "Dr.Hal0nf1r�$" <femail@nospam.kustomkomputa.co.uk.invalid>
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> ���hw��f wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:32:32 +0100
>>>>>>>>>>> "Dr.Hal0nf1r�$" <femail@nospam.kustomkomputa.co.uk.invalid>
>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> ���hw��f wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 22:15:06 +0100
>>>>>>>>>>>>> "Dr.Hal0nf1r�$"
>>>>>>>>>>>>> <femail@nospam.kustomkomputa.co.uk.invalid> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ���hw��f wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:34:16 -0700
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Aratzio <a6ahlyv02@sneakemail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Sat, 19 Apr 2008 16:09:53 -0500, in the land of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> alt.usenet.kooks, snuhwolf@netscape.net (���hw��f) got
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> double secret probation for writing:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Aratzio <a6ahlyv02@sneakemail.com> clouded the waters
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> of pure thought with:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Sat, 19 Apr 2008 09:01:56 -0700, in the land of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> alt.usenet.kooks, ���hw��f <snuhwolf@netscape.net>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> got double secret probation for writing:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Sat, 19 Apr 2008 13:35:53 +1000
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "Kadaitcha Man" <nospam.nospam.nospam@gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "Aratzio" <a6ahlyv02@sneakemail.com> wrote in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> message
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> news:9opi0456deigk7ihd4bq4mq3u9mar9tha3@4ax.com...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Sat, 19 Apr 2008 13:26:03 +1000, in the land of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> alt.usenet.kooks, "Kadaitcha Man"
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <nospam.nospam.nospam@gmail.com> got double secret
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> probation for writing:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "Butch Haynes" <butch@huntsville> wrote in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> message
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>> news:zbmdnUfjYIjDTZXVnZ2dnUVZ_gWdnZ2d@comcast.com...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <radiant_x@outgun.com> wrote in message
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> news:293e3140-e027-496c-89d8-
>>> 27906e8991f7@t54g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I recently installed a DVD drive into my PC. (2
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> days ago.) Since then, I get spontaneous power
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> loss periodically - sometimes seconds after
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> booting, other times after hours of operation.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I've tried replacing the power supply, and I've
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> tried removing all my hardware (other than
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> RAM), so I'm thinking it must be motherboard
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> related.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Unplug/replug all power and data connections.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> That way, the errant loose one will be fixed
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and your problem will be resolved.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Tech support by feng shui.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "I've tried removing all my hardware(other than
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> RAM)"
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Do none of them understand what that entails?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> None of them understand anything.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I go toetally on into-ition.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Just do what feels good for a few hours...take out a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> few cables...fondle them...blow out the dust
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> bunnies...listen to the Grateful Dead live at
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Winterland for inspiration. Drink another beer...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Change a bunch of jumpers on the Mobo at random.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Leave shit scattered around on yer workbench and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wander away. Watch cartoons for another hour...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Come back and put it back together.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Holy Shit! Now it works.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thats how I do it anyway.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> FYI
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> HTH
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Dunno why you geeks muck about with all that crap.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I take em out to the back 40, prop em against the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> side of the gully and show them my Springfield 30-06.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <BLINK>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <BLINK>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> OMG! I would never shoot a poor defenceless computer!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> They always work after that.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I assume you miss...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Works good with the employees, wife and kids too.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Note to self: dont work for 'Ratz.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Never had need to actually fire the damn thing.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Interesting. So you say that pc's respond to threats of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> annihilation? I've got a sledge hammer laying about...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Will it solve my booting problems?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Try steel toe caps.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> That didnt help at all.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> You didn't kick it hard enough.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Now it wont turn on at all.
>>>>>>>>>>> You owe me a new computer.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> You weren't supposed to kick the on/off switch; especially
>>>>>>>>>> with steel toe caps!
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I kicked the po\/\/3r supp1y.
>>>>>>>>> Smokin!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Now replace the PSU and discover that the old one was the cause
>>>>>>>> of the original fault, and now the computer works perfectly -
>>>>>>>> Problem solved.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I smoked the rest. Put it in a pipe and smoked it.
>>>>>>> I saw ones & zeros for like six hours man!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> RS232/i386 wacky backy! Cool.
>>>>>>
>>>>> It was toxic though so I died and now I'm posting from
>>>>> beyond the grave.
>>>>
>>>> Free ghost image included too: There's value for money!
>>>>
>>> Norton Ghost haunts my house.
>>
>> If you have an image of your house on the second drive it makes you
>> look much more wealthy.
>>
> I repartitioned it to give myself more rooms!

ROHS compliant? Recycled houses could soon be all the rage with the current 
world financial slump.

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