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| Thread ID: 55681 | 2005-03-16 23:16:00 | Unbelievable advice No 78 | Biggles (121) | Press F1 |
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| 334867 | 2005-03-17 00:49:00 | "Spyware gets stuck in ram and not flushed out" Oh that's beautiful. Sounds like the tech was a plumber before making a career change. "Ooooh ... looks like you've got some spyware stuck in your RAM mate. Thing is it's almost impossible to get out. Now if you had some RAM like this (holds up expensive replacement) it would be okay. Bigger connectors see, lets the Spyware through. But that stuff you've got there, nah, forget. Best if we just replace your RAM ...." |
Biggles (121) | ||
| 334868 | 2005-03-17 00:58:00 | Here's mine. Customer had a win98 registry prob. Took it to a shop in Te Atatu North that shall remain nameless and tech switched his PSU to 115v. After the smoke cleared he was charged $40 for a replacement and tech denied doing it. Customer checks it and points out it is now on 115 - tech says that wouldn't have caused it as it is just half the voltage so is not a problem. Anyway, then looks at windows problem and says he can't help as he is "a hardware person". I helped him fix it over the phone basically. Ages ago Target did do a program on shops. Best one was the shop that diagnosed a mouse had peed on the motherboard thus justifying a complete upgrade. All Target had done was loosen one of the sticks of ram. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 334869 | 2005-03-17 01:28:00 | didn't target do a sting with a dead lan card in a pc ?? | tweak'e (69) | ||
| 334870 | 2005-03-17 02:24:00 | Ages ago Target did do a program on shops. Best one was the shop that diagnosed a mouse had peed on the motherboard thus justifying a complete upgrade. All Target had done was loosen one of the sticks of ram. Perhaps the mouse was hiding from this cat (pressf1.pcworld.co.nz) |
Sam I Am (1679) | ||
| 334871 | 2005-03-17 02:25:00 | I thought they done one where they just unplugged the power switch... | Metla (12) | ||
| 334872 | 2005-03-17 02:37:00 | I don't remember everything they did to it. They loosened one ram module and something else also pretty easy to fix too. Wonder how the mouse got in there? Crawled in with a floppy? Or hitched a ride on a CD? And then how did it get back out after. Or maybe the shop found all the little bits of fried rodent.... |
pctek (84) | ||
| 334873 | 2005-03-17 02:45:00 | Or this which is not quite the same: When I was working fo a large NZ whiteware manufacturer my boss the IT manager asked me to fix one of the ancient office PCs. I went back and told him that neither of the IDE ports worked anymore and the mother board brand (Everex) was not available anymore. He told me to put a sound card in it so the hard drive could be run off that. (And I do know where he got that idea - and confused it) |
pctek (84) | ||
| 334874 | 2005-03-17 02:55:00 | Or this which is not quite the same: When I was working fo a large NZ whiteware manufacturer my boss the IT manager asked me to fix one of the ancient office PCs. I went back and told him that neither of the IDE ports worked anymore and the mother board brand (Everex) was not available anymore. He told me to put a sound card in it so the hard drive could be run off that. (And I do know where he got that idea - and confused it) actually he was right. old sound cards often had an IDE port on them. it was often used to run a cd drive etc. and yes a mouse could get into a pc. i've had one in the back of a microwave oven and the grills on that was only 5mm wide if that for it to squeeze through. no doubt it got in as a baby and grew up living off all the fat that got blown into the vent. |
tweak'e (69) | ||
| 334875 | 2005-03-17 03:10:00 | actually he was right. old sound cards often had an IDE port on them. it was often used to run a cd drive etc. and yes a mouse could get into a pc. i've had one in the back of a microwave oven and the grills on that was only 5mm wide if that for it to squeeze through. no doubt it got in as a baby and grew up living off all the fat that got blown into the vent. He wasn't right. As I said, I know where he got that idea, those sound cards that you connected the CD too. NOT a hard drive. So where does the mouse crawl in through, I'm looking at my PC and theres no gaps bigger than the CD slot. Which would not lead him to the MB... :-) |
pctek (84) | ||
| 334876 | 2005-03-17 03:15:00 | If you want a really good laugh you should read www.techtales.com (http://www.techtales.com) | Obelix (752) | ||
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