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Re: spontaneous PC power losses - HELP!

#318
From: relic
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2008 21:28
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Dr.Hal0nf1r�$ 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've been following this... it's all so simple!
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Subject: Re: spontaneous PC power losses - HELP!
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