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Thread ID: 105766	2009-12-13 19:54:00	HHD won't boot from any other PC!	Chris09 (15218)	Press F1

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839248	2009-12-15 05:00:00	Indeed Erayd, you're absolutely right. Thanks.	Chris09 (15218)
839249	2009-12-15 06:41:00	Here's todays excitement. Lady rang with 7 yr old ECS MB PC. It had lost a few things earlier - like all the PS2 ports but we'd done the USB kb, mouse thing until now. Anyway it no longer booted at all. She brings it over and I do the usual checks, RAM etc, hook up the workshop Corsair PSU just in case she's lucky and the board hadn't died and its just a PSU thing. BOOM, her HDD blows it's voltage regulator. Smoke pours out. Lovely. I remove the now deceased drive, nervously test my PSU and try again. No boot. Lucky she hadn't anything she cared about on the drive - the drive itself is still under warranty and she wants a shiny new LCD now too so is buying a new Win7 PC. Without an ECS board in it. But see, **** happens. Usually when they are watching you too.	pctek (84)
839250	2009-12-15 07:44:00	There was the problem Pctek -- Old joke -- the smoke was let out -- we all know PC's run on smoke - let it out and you're stuffed :lol:	wainuitech (129)
839251	2009-12-15 08:38:00	Gutted. Isn't that a bit hard to explain eh? Well anyway, I went and set my friends' PC up. They're so happy with it. All working, much faster, all updated. Sweet as sugar. Got a call as soon as I left, a random person's internet wasn't working, went there, router had stopped working. Tested the network, tried with a spare one of mine, still didn't work. Rang ISP, connection lost for days. Tried a new Ethernet cable, worked all good. Turns out the old Router and Cable had died. I tested again to make sure, both in reverse with the old cable/new cable/old router/my spare router. Configured again like they had it. Did a few extra jobs, all happy, all working, no worries and a bit of extra money. Nothing I couldn't handle. I apologize for my outbursts, and I do understand why you people react the way you do. However with the amount of work I've done, for at least 20+ people and rising I've had nothing but 5 stars, with out any problems. Time is ticking to my destruction (or more someone else's PC?) and someone else's expensive? Seemingly I doubt that very much. I again repeat, I never eat more than I can chew. :)	Chris09 (15218)
839252	2009-12-15 09:45:00	Time is ticking to my destruction (or more someone else's PC?) and someone else's expensive? Seemingly I doubt that very much. I again repeat, I never eat more than I can chew. You have got a lot to learn - Take Pcteks post - the HDD blew up - I'm sure it wasn't done on purpose. Some advise --- Theres one thing in this game that is guaranteed -- One day when you least expect it something that shouldn't happen does - you can be as careful as you like and theres nothing you can do to stop a failure. IF anyone thinks they are so damn good that they will never be caught out, think again - I just hope for your sake WHEN (not if but when) it all turns to custard the people aren't to pissed. I'm not being sarcastic - just advising - Sh1t can and does happen no matter who you are. Its being able to get out of it that's important. You can be sure if you have someones PC/Laptop and WHEN a failure happens, It will be YOUR fault as far as they are concerned - to bad if it is or isn't - you'll be the one that gets blamed. I never eat more than I can chew. No one usually does - BUT "things happen" when you least expect it - take the example I gave, my own Office PC - I was running Ccleaner - I do it every night, sometimes 2-3 times a day - NEVER any problems - yesterday something went wrong and it screwed my whole Office PC, unstable as hell even after trying to fix it. IF I didn't do daily full backups, System/Programs/Data I would have lost 4 years worth of work. After doping a restore (2 hours roughly) all I lost was a couple of entries I put in customers orders, which I had printed out anyway. One bit of advise -- DONT be cocky ;) - it will bite you in the arse one day - 100% guaranteed.	wainuitech (129)
839253	2009-12-15 10:04:00	Don't be cocky, got it. Well, I would like to point out though Wainuitech A ) You are giving strong advice in a clear, advisable manner which I respect and will listen too. That is why I joined this forum after all. B ) I asked for assistance and advice, if I was too proud to ask for assistance I would not have done so. But, lesson learned, and I got me a handy Ethernet card anyway and the peeps were happy. I was just surprised to see a PC without one, never had seen that before.	Chris09 (15218)
839254	2009-12-15 10:43:00	Here's todays excitement. Lady rang with 7 yr old ECS MB PC. It had lost a few things earlier - like all the PS2 ports but we'd done the USB kb, mouse thing until now. Anyway it no longer booted at all. She brings it over and I do the usual checks, RAM etc, hook up the workshop Corsair PSU just in case she's lucky and the board hadn't died and its just a PSU thing. BOOM, her HDD blows it's voltage regulator. Smoke pours out. Lovely. Anything with an ECS board most likely also had a horrible PSU in it. No doubt the PSU capacitors had gone, and the motherboards ones too I expect (which would explain the loss of ports working etc) High ripple\noise or otherwise out of spec output from the PSU probably stressed the HDD to almost breaking point. Most likely when you turned it on at that time it would have blown no matter what PSU you used.	Agent_24 (57)
839255	2009-12-15 17:44:00	After doping a restore (2 hours roughly) all I lost was a couple of entries I put in customers orders, which I had printed out anyway . There's your problem Wainui, drugging your backups should have just given it alcohol :lol::lol:	gary67 (56)
839256	2009-12-15 18:57:00	No doubt the PSU capacitors had gone, and the motherboards ones too I expect (which would explain the loss of ports working etc) High ripple\noise or otherwise out of spec output from the PSU probably stressed the HDD to almost breaking point . Haha . Yes, well . Try explaining that to the customer standing right next to you . Anyway I don't know why really, maybe the drive just decided to crap itself as well . At that moment . Lucky she wasn't too bothered due the age of the PC . It was a Packard Bell originally . I hate them, seen too many fails on those .	pctek (84)
839257	2009-12-15 20:33:00	with the amount of work I've done, for at least 20+ people and rising I've had nothing but 5 stars, with out any problems. I again repeat, I never eat more than I can chew. :) Ooh, 20. Try 2000+. You do eat more than you can chew otherwise you wouldn't have been here asking in the first place. Arrogance leads to tears. Most likely your "customers".	pctek (84)
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