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Re: spontaneous PC power losses - HELP!

#330
From: Aratzio
Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2008 22:34
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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.


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From: Aratzio <a6ahlyv02@sneakemail.com>
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Subject: Re: spontaneous PC power losses - HELP!
Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:34:16 -0700
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