The Nut – Karthick sent this post in August, and being the lazy ass that I am, I totally forgot to post it. Deeply apologetic I am…
A few days ago after I returned from school I received instructions from my mom to pay a bill. As I switched on my computer I noticed that my monitor wasn’t turning on (power was there but no response). At first I thought that the wire must be loose so I set about tightening it.
Still it didn’t work.
So I removed the cable and put it back in again, hoping it would work. Still no response. Till then I had not touched the frame of my CPU. As I touched it I felt a shock and withdrew my hand instantly. (I am currently ignoring the shocks as I consider my monitor response as more important). Then I proceeded to open the CPU after switching off the power supply. I knew there was no problem with the cable so therefore it had to be something inside there. Not knowing what to do I called the HP technical support number. After a minute of recorded message someone picked up the phone with a “HP technical support centre. How may I help you?” I told him the condition and he asked me to open the CPU. Having already done that he told me to locate the RAM chip and ensure it was properly fixed.
BINGO
The RAM chip was pretty loose most probably due to the fact that when I had last opened the CPU (which was 2 days before) I think I had been a little rough with it. I was relieved it started working otherwise it would have freaked me out. Anyways at least I get the impression that the HP service is pretty good.
The Nut – Read the last para again, Ankur. I had been a little rough with it. Proper ROTFL moment.
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#1 by Ankur Banerjee on October 29, 2008 - 5:40 pm
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You needn’t have pointed it out. I was ROFL already. In fact, he’d called me too when he was doing this and I told him to get that earth leakage checked. And he’d used, uh, the same ‘terminology’ then too which had me ROFL.