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Re: spontaneous PC power losses - HELP!

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From: §ñühw¤£f
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:52
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On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:19:58 +0100
"Dr.Hal0nf1r£$" <femail@nospam.kustomkomputa.co.uk.invalid> wrote:

> §ñühw¤£f wrote:
> > On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:43:07 +0100
> > "Dr.Hal0nf1r£$" <femail@nospam.kustomkomputa.co.uk.invalid> wrote:
> >
> >> §ñühw¤£f wrote:
> >>> On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:32:32 +0100
> >>> "Dr.Hal0nf1r£$" <femail@nospam.kustomkomputa.co.uk.invalid> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> §ñühw¤£f wrote:
> >>>>> On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 22:15:06 +0100
> >>>>> "Dr.Hal0nf1r£$" <femail@nospam.kustomkomputa.co.uk.invalid> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> §ñühw¤£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 (§ñühw¤£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, §ñühw¤£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!

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From: §ñühw¤£f <snuhwolf@netscape.net>
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Subject: Re: spontaneous PC power losses - HELP!
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