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Re: spontaneous PC power losses - HELP!

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From: Dr.Hal0nf1r�$
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:43
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���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!

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