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Re: spontaneous PC power losses - HELP!

#328
From: §ñühw¤£f
Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2008 15:38
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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?

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http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/19/schwarzenegger-bush/
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From: §ñühw¤£f <snuhwolf@netscape.net>
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Subject: Re: spontaneous PC power losses - HELP!
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