For those who help support family members w/ computers or co-workers

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It's happened to me..

 

[sixone]

You did say "yes", didn't you?

 

[cressida]

At least it's not like my cousin who asks me to install a removeable hard drive for him so he can go over his friends place and put on gigs of porn and then watch at home.

 

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Originally posted by: sixone
You did say "yes", didn't you?

Say yes to what? When a family member needs help with something they just call and start explaining their problem. It's not "Hey i have a problem, can you help me?"

 

[asm0deus]

my mom brought her PC over last night, I built it for her as a present. It's weird cause now it boots up but only if you let it sit for a while, I think it's shorting out somewhere. I really hate how dealing with mobo standoffs and not knowing if they're causing problems. I guess I'll find out after I take the whole thing apart

 

[seanws]

Originally posted by: asm0deus
my mom brought her PC over last night, I built it for her as a present. It's weird cause now it boots up but only if you let it sit for a while, I think it's shorting out somewhere. I really hate how dealing with mobo standoffs and not knowing if they're causing problems. I guess I'll find out after I take the whole thing apart

i had this problem, took me forever to figure it out. tried all different configs and it finally worked. i took someones advice from the forums and set the motherboard on a phone book and hooked up only the necessary items to see if it would post/boot. once it did, i messed with the standoffs for a good half hour or so and it finally worked. have fun!