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pmormr 
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 Topic: Ain’t I Brilliant!!
Posted: 01 July 2004 at 11:10pm |
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For a while i was wondering why my cd burner would work... it had power but it was never recognized by the computer. today i opened up my computer to clean off the hard drive and i found out that i never connected the IDE cable! works like a charm now
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Posted: 02 July 2004 at 12:18am |
Gota be happy with that. Just like getting a new burner. 
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Posted: 02 July 2004 at 5:20am |
one of my neighbours had a computer, with a CD/DVD ROM.. it was
recognized in windows and we could eject the tray, so we thought all
cables were plugged in, but it wouldn't read the CDs.. then we did a
cable check just to be sure, and guess what.. the IDE was unplugged
the weird thing was that only with the power cable windows saw it was a cd/dvd rom there 
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Posted: 02 July 2004 at 5:22am |
I must admit sometimes things tend to work better when connected LOL. Just think what it is like when you remember this when you have spent ½ day stripping and assembling a laptop only to find the connection you have missed is under all the bitz you have just replaced AAAAAAAAHHHHH. A good coffee and a scream in a paper bag helps at that time not forgetting the beer to wash the day away at night.
I forgot to add, why scream into a paper bag? So you can seal the end up when finished pop it into a bin so no one knows of your frustration. If this don’t work hold your hands up and clam insanity.
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BoLt (Computer Engineer)
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Posted: 02 July 2004 at 11:07am |
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Why is it the biggest of problems are usually caused by the smallest of things? It's a bitch...
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Posted: 02 July 2004 at 11:29am |
so you mean that when your computer wont start you would prefer that your 1000 bucks CPU is burned instead of you forgot to insert your RAM?
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BoLt
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Posted: 02 July 2004 at 11:46am |
The more technical you are, the more you tend to look for the fault in a complex way instead of checking the fuse 1st.
This was always common with the professor of electronics I used to work with. He always checked the software, electronics and voltages (none found) and then checked if he had plugged the dam thing in after.
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