-=PCTechTalk=- Re: puzzling problem
- From: "Jo Ann Weaver" <bookworm54@xxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2008 15:01:11 -0400
Don,
Thanks for the heads up on the hammer. If I don't get this thing fixed soon,
I'm heading out to Sears to get one.
I'm sure my 16 year old grandson would know how to use it. I'm sure you're
right about the cookies and milk, I'd probably have to get him a new video
game :)
Jo Ann
----- Original Message -----
From: "don101" <don101@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2008 8:25 AM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: puzzling problem
> Jo Ann,
>
> Please do not use just any hammer. The Sears Craftsman 16 pound sledge
> hammer is specifically designed for uses such as this. If you have any
> problems using this highly technical hammer, that 16 year old smart-aleck
> down the street knows more than you and I combined will ever know... just
> ask nicely and you'll get all the help you need. If you have to resort to
> a
> little bribery to get some help, remember that cookies and milk don't work
> well any more.
>
> Don
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jo Ann Weaver" <bookworm54@xxxxxxx>
> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2008 12:57 AM
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: puzzling problem
>
>
>> GMan,
>> Ok, here's what's happening. I was checking connections and noticed the
>> hard
>> drive cable was a flat cable that somebody
>> wrapped material around to make it round and crimped it up.Replaced it
>> with
>> a new flat cable ( everything else still disconnected )
>> and it booted right up. Hooked up first optical drive which was a DVD
>> player, and still booted, hookep second CD-RW on the same cable
>> just like it was before, and no boot. The DVD is set to master on the end
>> of
>> the cable and the second one is slave. Unhooked second drive,
>> booted right up. Replaced second drive with another drive, no boot.
>> Decided
>> to let that go for now and replace cards. Put in sound card, booted.
>> Put in dial-up modem, no boot. Took out sound card, put in ethernet card,
>> booted up. Put in USB card, booted. Then no boot next time. Took out
>> sound card, booted up. Later repalced it, it still boots. It's booted
>> several times in a row and I played a game on it, but I'm still not
>> convinced it's ok.
>> Still won't boot with the second optical drive at all. Going to bed now,
>> will take a hammer to the thing tomorrow :)
>>
>> Jo Ann
>
>
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