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Re: spontaneous PC power losses - HELP!

#324
From: Aratzio
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:56
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On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 08:53:35 -0700, in the land of alt.usenet.kooks,
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writing:

>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.

Ask Kman.


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From: Aratzio <a6ahlyv02@sneakemail.com>
Newsgroups: alt.os.windows-xp,alt.usenet.kooks,alt.computer,sci.electronics.repair,24hoursupport.helpdesk
Subject: Re: spontaneous PC power losses - HELP!
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 07:56:44 -0700
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