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Re: spontaneous PC power losses - HELP!

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From: �n�hw�lf
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 20:02
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"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.

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Subject: Re: spontaneous PC power losses - HELP!
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