Oh arse - Computer down

****.

A while back I was fumbling round trying to plug my headphones in to the
front of my computer, when I hit the wrong hole... I noticed that
plugging a headphone jack into the USB port resulted in the machine
instantly shutting down.

Last night I did it again, only now the bastard won't restart. I get
disk lights, etc, but nothing on the screen at all, no BIOS checks, no
nothing. And no beeps. Arse.

Ah well, I was due an upgrade anyway. Dell's Indian call centre have
just been my friends...
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Nigel - Manufacturer of the "Champion-105" range of rearsets

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
ZZR1100, Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"

 

Some people never learn, do we?

Did you get that 'oh no not AGAIN' thought?

I know I do, especially when the tarmac is on its way up to meet me.

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Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Colonel

Oh yes. I was a little miffed. Then the **** wouldn't restart and I was
*very* miffed. Luckily the HDD has survived.

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Nigel - Manufacturer of the "Champion-105" range of rearsets

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
ZZR1100, Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"

 

It's probably only the motherboard you've killed... Check the CPU and
Memory in someone elses PC, then if it's good £40-50 worth of
motherboard should have you back up and running.

 

Nigel Eaton was seen penning the following ode to ... whatever:

How the hell did you manage to get that one in?

Bwwahahahahahahaha!

Sorry, couldn't help myself.

Aha. Surprise package then...

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, TMack

Yep. Like I said, I get disk lights, fans, and so on. But him no boot.

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Nigel - Manufacturer of the "Champion-105" range of rearsets

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
ZZR1100, Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"

 

Did you check the fuse in the mains lead?

Tony

 

The disk lights are obviously worked by evil pixies.

 

Nigel Eaton was seen penning the following ode to ... whatever:

Check if it takes a standard-sized motherboard and if so, just swap
that and the processor out.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Timo Geusch

Remarkably easily. The headphone socket is 4mm from the USB port, and
they're both on the very bottom of the front panel. Put the machine on
the floor, and it's no trick at all to hit the wrong one.

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Nigel - Manufacturer of the "Champion-105" range of rearsets

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
ZZR1100, Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"

 

Sounds familiar-ish.

A similar plugging in tale is the reason I'm now posting from a
spanky-new P4, rather than my flaky old Athlon.

Similarly, the HD survived.
--
| ___ Salad Dodger
|/ \
_/_____\_ GL1500SEV/CBR1100XXX/KH500A8/TS250C
|_\_____/_| ..73063../..16589.../..3180./.19406
(>|_|_|<) TPPFATUICG#7 DIAABTCOD#9 YTC#4 PM#5
|__|_|__| BOTAFOT #70 BOTAFOF #09 two#11 WG*
\ |^| / IbW#0 & KotIbW# BotTOS#6 GP#4
\|^|/ ANORAK#17 IbB#4
'^'

 

"sweller" <> struggled to ejaculate:

<flicks vees, works hexes>

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Matt

Well bugger me sideways with a blunt instrument.

That only worked!

Cheers matey.

I'll keep the Dell order going though, I don't trust this fucking thing
any more.

--
Nigel - Manufacturer of the "Champion-105" range of rearsets

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
ZZR1100, Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"

 

It was somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember Nigel Eaton

Spirit box him go fucked.

--

Dave

GS 850 x2 / SE 6a
SbS#6 DIAABTCOD#16 APOSTLE#6 FUB#3
FUB KotL OSOS#12? UKRMMA#19 COSOC#10

 

On the Optiplex range and I suspect the Dimensions it's a bloody
awful bit of design. You have to lift up a top hinged panel and
lie with your face on the floor peering up to see the sockets.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Grimly Curmudgeon

Spirit box him-bilong-fuckwit.

Him rise from dead. USB-Port him-bilong-front-panel him disconnected
now.
--
Nigel - Manufacturer of the "Champion-105" range of rearsets

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
ZZR1100, Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"

 

It was somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember Nigel Eaton

Lucky escape... my second string box has just keeled over, seems to be a
dodgy h/d controller and/or memory.

Of course, there was ample time to backup everything on it,,, did I do
it?

Answers on a postcard, please.

--

Dave

GS 850 x2 / SE 6a
SbS#6 DIAABTCOD#16 APOSTLE#6 FUB#3
FUB KotL OSOS#12? UKRMMA#19 COSOC#10

 

It runs Doom3, right?

I'll give you a tenner for it and take a chance.

 

Arse. Suppose I'd better carry on hanging round Champ's estate and hope
I can strap his computer on the back of his GSXR.

 

Champ says...

It's a fucking hatchback