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Re: spontaneous PC power losses - HELP!

#326
From: §ñühw¤£f
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:31
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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.

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Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 08:31:13 -0700
From: §ñühw¤£f <snuhwolf@netscape.net>
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Subject: Re: spontaneous PC power losses - HELP!
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