[mdlug] Not Hardware Failure

[Ingles, Raymond]

"When in doubt, reseat the cables and cards."

 Sincerely,

 Ray Ingles                                        (313) 227-2317

 "Yes, but other than being useful, usable, reliable, extensible,
   free, and unencumbered, what does Linux have going for it?"
                       - Hamilcar Barca

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> From: mdlug-bounces at mdlug.org [mailto:mdlug-bounces at mdlug.org] On
Behalf Of
> Garry Stahl
> Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2011 1:07 PM
> To: MDLUG's Main discussion list
> Subject: Re: [mdlug] Not Hardware Failure
> 
> Peter Bart wrote:
> > Good Morning,
> > The other week my Eee went for a short trip to the pavement. While
it
> > was secured in it's neoprene case, and it landed flat, it still went
> > down several feet. Soon after all sorts of errors started. I was not
> > happy, but I remembered reading that a good step to take diagnosing
> > hardware trouble is to reseat all the components. I'm pretty sure I
read
> > that here and I think I know who, so I wanted to thank that person.
> > I disassembled my Eee following the directions found here
> > <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAqaPKF5-lM>, I just didn't put a
> > different drive in. I pulled the SSD, WiFi card and the RAM, cleaned
> > everything up and put it back in. It's been a week now with not a
sign
> > of trouble.
> > Thanks!
> >
> 
> I'm not sure who started it but it's called "doing the stupid stuff
> first", at least by me.
> 
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