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I Hate Dell
PostPosted: Sun Nov 13, 2005 4:39 pm
by HwaRang777
okay, so earlier tonight I finished writing a paper for my debate class on my mac. Since it's not hooked up to the printer, I decided to email myself and boot up my dell and print it from there. However, it is not turning on!!! I don't know much about hardware, but I checked all the electric cording and stuff, and that all seems fine. But, no!!! my dell dimension 4600 is being a pain and I can't figure out why it's not working. I have not been to any bad sites and the only thing that I could think of is that:
1) my dad goes on to korean book sites
2) have not scanned recently for spyware and viruses
3) enabling the computer to write korean, which screwed up one of my word processing apps.
4) it was turning on and off without me even touching it
PLEASE HELP ME!!!
PostPosted: Sun Nov 13, 2005 5:32 pm
by Mr. SmartyPants
faulty powersupply/motherboard?
it could be a number of problems. Maybe even poor electricity circutry or something in your house.
Or maybe someone is just messing with you and turning the power switch on and off (like from a lightswitch maybe?)
PostPosted: Sun Nov 13, 2005 5:37 pm
by shooraijin
Some of the Dells have had faulty capacitors in their power supplies -- if it's still under warranty, take it back and request them to look at it.
PostPosted: Sun Nov 13, 2005 5:48 pm
by Arnobius
I doubt it's the enabling the computer to write Korean. Mine is enabled to type Japanese and it prints fine on my computer.
PostPosted: Sun Nov 13, 2005 6:02 pm
by HwaRang777
never mind, pulled off a MacGuyver, everything is fine now
PostPosted: Sun Nov 13, 2005 6:04 pm
by Mr. SmartyPants
HwaRang777 wrote:never mind, pulled off a MacGuyver, everything is fine now
whats a macguyver?
PostPosted: Sun Nov 13, 2005 6:19 pm
by shooraijin
He jammed some chewing gum into the power supply and it booted up. It also blows bubbles.
PostPosted: Sun Nov 13, 2005 6:23 pm
by Arnobius
shooraijin wrote:He jammed some chewing gum into the power supply and it booted up. It also blows bubbles.
Also makes a good bomb.
PostPosted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 4:33 am
by Mr. SmartyPants
shooraijin wrote:He jammed some chewing gum into the power supply and it booted up. It also blows bubbles.
...... really? I am so confused, I don't know if you are being serious or not.
PostPosted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 5:41 am
by glitch1501
PostPosted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 5:51 am
by shooraijin
Mr. SmartyPants wrote:...... really? I am so confused, I don't know if you are being serious or not.
I'm not being serious or not.
PostPosted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 8:23 am
by Technomancer
shooraijin wrote:Some of the Dells have had faulty capacitors in their power supplies -- if it's still under warranty, take it back and request them to look at it.
My brother had that problem, and it can be pretty serious. The capacitors failed and fried his motherboard and most of his peripherals.
PostPosted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 11:46 am
by shooraijin
Yeah, we've had a number of them at the hospital I work for that went south in just that manner. Dell seems to be the worst recently, though HP and even a couple Apples were reported with similar problems. Fortunately, they *usually* pop up early ... hopefully.
PostPosted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 12:09 pm
by Mr. SmartyPants
ahh thanks, but I checked urbandictionary. Got it!