http://trey.cwtsecure.com/2006/04/24/hardware-failure-again/ brain spillage! Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:43:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://trey.cwtsecure.com/2006/04/24/hardware-failure-again/#comment-9730 cranst Mon, 17 Jul 2006 02:11:55 +0000 http://trey.cwtsecure.com/?p=123#comment-9730 I'll be damned if it didn't do this again. This time I only pulled the SATA plugs and reset them in place and it booted fine. Is this an undocumented feature of the SATA plugs? I’ll be damned if it didn’t do this again. This time I only pulled the SATA plugs and reset them in place and it booted fine. Is this an undocumented feature of the SATA plugs?

]]> http://trey.cwtsecure.com/2006/04/24/hardware-failure-again/#comment-5720 Lynx Mon, 24 Apr 2006 20:00:13 +0000 http://trey.cwtsecure.com/?p=123#comment-5720 As a veteran of many such messages (I'm the first guy everyone within 50 miles brings their computers to. "Hi! I don't know you make my 'puter work please!") I've learned the hardway to try replacing the cables (right after checking the connection) Immediately. It generally saves a lot of time, effort, and quarters from entering the 'Cussing Jar'. I'm sure you have a great many more stories on the joys of "making this frickin' box work!" genre, I'd love to hear 'em! As a veteran of many such messages (I’m the first guy everyone within 50 miles brings their computers to. “Hi! I don’t know you make my ‘puter work please!”) I’ve learned the hardway to try replacing the cables (right after checking the connection) Immediately. It generally saves a lot of time, effort, and quarters from entering the ‘Cussing Jar’. I’m sure you have a great many more stories on the joys of “making this frickin’ box work!” genre, I’d love to hear ‘em!

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