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Re: spontaneous PC power losses - HELP!

#323
From: §ñühw¤£f
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:53
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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.

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Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 08:53:35 -0700
From: §ñühw¤£f <snuhwolf@netscape.net>
Newsgroups: alt.os.windows-xp,alt.usenet.kooks,alt.computer,sci.electronics.repair,24hoursupport.helpdesk
Subject: Re: spontaneous PC power losses - HELP!
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