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Re: spontaneous PC power losses - HELP!

#325
From: Dr.Hal0nf1r�$
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 22:32
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���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.

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