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Re: spontaneous PC power losses - HELP!

#327
From: Dr.Hal0nf1r�$
Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2008 21:15
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���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.

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