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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Lizzie_Zoom on 08 March 2013, 18:35:36
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My PC has over the last week been playing up. Three times it cut out with the power going off after going into standby. Once it also cut right out whilst working on a piece of written work.
I was not happy, and as most know I have no problems using a computer, but understanding how they work; well forget it!! ::) ::) ::) :P
So my repair procedure to cure my PC problem? Call an engineer? No way, it would be as bad as putting my miggy into a dealer for repair! :o :o :o :o
Instead I treated it like a naughty child..................giving the tower three hard smacks!
All working fine now! ;D ;D ;)
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lmao,failing that use a big hammer :y
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Well done LZ, sounds very technical :y :y.
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My PC has over the last week been playing up. Three times it cut out with the power going off after going into standby. Once it also cut right out whilst working on a piece of written work.
I was not happy, and as most know I have no problems using a computer, but understanding how they work; well forget it!! ::) ::) ::) :P
So my repair procedure to cure my PC problem? Call an engineer? No way, it would be as bad as putting my miggy into a dealer for repair! :o :o :o :o
Instead I treated it like a naughty child..................giving the tower three hard smacks!
All working fine now! ;D ;D ;)
That might make me work ::) :P ::) ;D ;D ;D
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Well done LZ, sounds very technical :y :y.
It is Del. :y :y
I am going to write up a manual; front, middle, and back page will just show a hand with a full description of the angle and mathematical explaination of the "repair procedure" ;D ;D ;D ;)
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lmao,failing that use a big hammer :y
That has been known before, but not on a computer! ;D ;D ;D ;) ;)
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Well done LZ, sounds very technical :y :y.
It is Del. :y :y
I am going to write up a manual; front, middle, and back page will just show a hand with a full description of the angle and mathematical explaination of the "repair procedure" ;D ;D ;D ;)
;D ;D ;D
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My PC has over the last week been playing up. Three times it cut out with the power going off after going into standby. Once it also cut right out whilst working on a piece of written work.
I was not happy, and as most know I have no problems using a computer, but understanding how they work; well forget it!! ::) ::) ::) :P
So my repair procedure to cure my PC problem? Call an engineer? No way, it would be as bad as putting my miggy into a dealer for repair! :o :o :o :o
Instead I treated it like a naughty child..................giving the tower three hard smacks!
All working fine now! ;D ;D ;)
That might make me work ::) :P ::) ;D ;D ;D
;D ;D ;D ;D :y
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Sounds like the powerpack is going. :-\
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Sounds like the powerpack is going. :-\
Don't spoil it for me! ::) ::) ::) ;D ;D ;D
Is that thing like the DIS pack on the miggy? Now I can replace that if I knew what it looked like! :D :D :D ;) ;)
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Sounds like the powerpack is going. :-\
Don't spoil it for me! ::) ::) ::) ;D ;D ;D
Is that thing like the DIS pack on the miggy? Now I can replace that if I knew what it looked like! :D :D :D ;) ;)
Yup is is the part that you plug the power lead into and it has a fan unit on it and a shed load of wires coming out, they are reasonably easy to change, if you can do a dis pack on a miggy then it should be a sinch. ;) :y
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Sounds like the powerpack is going. :-\
Don't spoil it for me! ::) ::) ::) ;D ;D ;D
Is that thing like the DIS pack on the miggy? Now I can replace that if I knew what it looked like! :D :D :D ;) ;)
Yup is is the part that you plug the power lead into and it has a fan unit on it and a shed load of wires coming out, they are reasonably easy to change, if you can do a dis pack on a miggy then it should be a sinch. ;) :y
Thanks Kevin :y :y
If my "repair" doesn't last I'll do that. Funnily enough the fan has been making loud running noises for two years now, but is now quite! :D :D :D ;)
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Sounds like the powerpack is going. :-\
Don't spoil it for me! ::) ::) ::) ;D ;D ;D
Is that thing like the DIS pack on the miggy? Now I can replace that if I knew what it looked like! :D :D :D ;) ;)
Yup is is the part that you plug the power lead into and it has a fan unit on it and a shed load of wires coming out, they are reasonably easy to change, if you can do a dis pack on a miggy then it should be a sinch. ;) :y
Thanks Kevin :y :y
If my "repair" doesn't last I'll do that. Funnily enough the fan has been making loud running noises for two years now, but is now quite! :D :D :D ;)
Probably full of dust and you giving it a friendly smack has dislodged some. ;D ;D ;) :y
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Yep, take it down to the garage, open it up and give it a good blast with an airline to get rid of the dust. :y
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If the PSU fans noisy Lizzie a short blast of WD40 through back onto shaft usually cures it ;)
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Well I'm blowed! :o :o :o :o
So my crude "repair" may just have done some good! :o :o :o :o ;D ;D ;D :)
Brilliant. It is certainly running very quiet now! 8) 8) 8)
Some years ago now I got a TV working again with the same method! :) :)
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Well I'm blowed! :o :o :o :o
So my crude "repair" may just have done some good! :o :o :o :o ;D ;D ;D :)
Brilliant. It is certainly running very quiet now! 8) 8) 8)
Some years ago now I got a TV working again with the same method! :) :)
Darn it lads looks like a lady has found out our techniques. ;) ;) ;D ;D ::) :y
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Beating the living daylights out of it until it behaves works for me.
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Well I'm blowed! :o :o :o :o
So my crude "repair" may just have done some good! :o :o :o :o ;D ;D ;D :)
Brilliant. It is certainly running very quiet now! 8) 8) 8)
Some years ago now I got a TV working again with the same method! :) :)
Dodgy valves, I remember my Dad used to have to hit the TV sometimes, in 'just the right place' :D :D :D
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Amazing how much dust gets sucked into them , also insects can cause havoc if they have made a nest inside ::) ;D
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Amazing how much dust gets sucked into them
Reminds me, I need an outage on OOF to give it another vac...
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Amazing how much dust gets sucked into them
Reminds me, I need an outage on OOF to give it another vac...
Arrhh bloody cat just walked over the keyboard >:(
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Beating the living daylights out of it until it behaves works for me.
That's not strictly true... I seem to remember a certain printer episode :-X :-X :-X
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Beating the living daylights out of it until it behaves works for me.
That's not strictly true... I seem to remember a certain printer episode :-X :-X :-X
15627............ ::) ::) :-X
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I used to work with a bloke who, if the IT dept couldn't sort his problem over the phone, would grab the keyboard and smash it across all the accessible components until something happened. Didn't care what.
After a couple of instances of this, he was the only person in the company who got his complaints dealt with immediately!
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Beating the living daylights out of it until it behaves works for me.
That's not strictly true... I seem to remember a certain printer episode :-X :-X :-X
May I remind you who won? ;)
I agree I had a few cuts on my knuckles, but the Laserjet came off worse.
Parts of said Laserjet have now been welded into the lawnmower, so it went to a good home.
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Beating the living daylights out of it until it behaves works for me.
Even more amazing TB! :o :o :o :o :o :o
A true computer wizard condones my crude method of computer "repair"! :D :D :D :D :D :D
;D ;D ;D :y :y
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Beating the living daylights out of it until it behaves works for me.
That's not strictly true... I seem to remember a certain printer episode :-X :-X :-X
May I remind you who won? ;)
I agree I had a few cuts on my knuckles, but the Laserjet came off worse.
Parts of said Laserjet have now been welded into the lawnmower, so it went to a good home.
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Well I'm blowed! :o :o :o :o
So my crude "repair" may just have done some good! :o :o :o :o ;D ;D ;D :)
Brilliant. It is certainly running very quiet now! 8) 8) 8)
Some years ago now I got a TV working again with the same method! :) :)
Cant fault you Lizzie, I used to fix my Fisher video by picling it up at one end end dropping it back on the table, if it didnt work I then picked the whole thing up and dropped it on the table. ::)
If your PC is shutting down when its then consider the CPU cooler and the fact it may well be full of dust, I sorted one out last week and the fins were chokka. Kevins is a good idea, but you might find in easier to get a tin of Air Duster from the likes of maplins (or ebay)(2 x tins works out a ted more exspensive inc delivery) :y
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/17231-2x-Compressed-Air-Duster-Cleaner-Spray-Can-400-ml-CFC-Free-/280774768449?pt=UK_Computing_Other_Computing_Networking&hash=item415f7af741
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Well I'm blowed! :o :o :o :o
So my crude "repair" may just have done some good! :o :o :o :o ;D ;D ;D :)
Brilliant. It is certainly running very quiet now! 8) 8) 8)
Some years ago now I got a TV working again with the same method! :) :)
Cant fault you Lizzie, I used to fix my Fisher video by picling it up at one end end dropping it back on the table, if it didnt work I then picked the whole thing up and dropped it on the table. ::)
If your PC is shutting down when its then consider the CPU cooler and the fact it may well be full of dust, I sorted one out last week and the fins were chokka. Kevins is a good idea, but you might find in easier to get a tin of Air Duster from the likes of maplins (or ebay)(2 x tins works out a ted more exspensive inc delivery) :y
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/17231-2x-Compressed-Air-Duster-Cleaner-Spray-Can-400-ml-CFC-Free-/280774768449?pt=UK_Computing_Other_Computing_Networking&hash=item415f7af741
Cheers Skruntie! :y :y :y Will do. :)