odd computer problem

[Wendy Galovich]

On Fri, 07 May 2010 15:58:22 -0600
Karl Larsen <klarsen1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 
>      I got the files necessary to see DVD movies and see the USB
> memory sticks. It worked for some time and then both stopped working.
> I got to the wires in my computer and moved as many as possible. It
> then started to work again.
> 
>      Today it stopped and I pulled plugs and replaced them. Then the 
> computer would not even start! I got a flashlight and one plug was
> not in the socket correctly. The computer started again but still not
> like it should be.
> 
>      Is this a problem anyone else has had? If so what did you do? No
> I will not shoot myself.
> 
> 73 Karl
> 

Karl, I must thank you for the entertainment value...  I know there must
be *much* more detail than you've given here, but the image this evoked
for me made the sip of coffee I'd just taken come out through my nose.

Seriously, though, how did you determine that it's a hardware problem
and not a software configuration issue?


-- 
Wendy
Linux user# 503061
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