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Saw this question in the PC Format (Local Computer Magazine) It starts off normal enough:
My uncle asked me to look at his motherboard, it's an Asus Socket 478 and looks alive, but isn't working. This happened when lightning struck but funnily enough, the power supply, CPU, RAM and all the PCI cards are working when we test them with another board.Now... The bad bit...My question is: how do I drain that excess power from the motherboard? -
Saw this question in the PC Format (Local Computer Magazine) It starts off normal enough:
My uncle asked me to look at his motherboard, it's an Asus Socket 478 and looks alive, but isn't working. This happened when lightning struck but funnily enough, the power supply, CPU, RAM and all the PCI cards are working when we test them with another board.Now... The bad bit...My question is: how do I drain that excess power from the motherboard?Reelix wrote:
Now... The bad bit... My question is: how do I drain that excess power from the motherboard?
So what is the answer? :-D
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Reelix wrote:
Now... The bad bit... My question is: how do I drain that excess power from the motherboard?
So what is the answer? :-D
Upcoming FREE developer events: * Developer Day Scotland Recent blog posts: * Introduction to LINQ to XML (Part 1) - (Part 2) My website | Blog
I'm pretty sure that applying whichever Thermodynamics laws apply, you could tell this guy that something that has been burnt, cannot be 'unburnt'. It's the reason why electronic devices usually don't like lightnings and such :)
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Saw this question in the PC Format (Local Computer Magazine) It starts off normal enough:
My uncle asked me to look at his motherboard, it's an Asus Socket 478 and looks alive, but isn't working. This happened when lightning struck but funnily enough, the power supply, CPU, RAM and all the PCI cards are working when we test them with another board.Now... The bad bit...My question is: how do I drain that excess power from the motherboard?Wait for another lightning to struck to undo the damage!
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Saw this question in the PC Format (Local Computer Magazine) It starts off normal enough:
My uncle asked me to look at his motherboard, it's an Asus Socket 478 and looks alive, but isn't working. This happened when lightning struck but funnily enough, the power supply, CPU, RAM and all the PCI cards are working when we test them with another board.Now... The bad bit...My question is: how do I drain that excess power from the motherboard?Several options spring to mind... Pour it into a bucket. Use Anti-Lightning to fire it back into the ether. Hard-Wire a Bulb onto the board so he can see what he is doing. Use it to create an amorphous energy creature that exists purely to do his will. Ask himself the ethical questions regarding the rights of this energy to exist on that motherboard and his perceived hypocracy in attempting to annihilate it from existance. or He could just move on with his life, settle down , get a girlfriend, buy a house, have children and pretend he didn't ask such a stupid question. :)
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Reelix wrote:
Now... The bad bit... My question is: how do I drain that excess power from the motherboard?
So what is the answer? :-D
Upcoming FREE developer events: * Developer Day Scotland Recent blog posts: * Introduction to LINQ to XML (Part 1) - (Part 2) My website | Blog
simple: get wet, touch the moinboard wiht the left hand, ground contact (e.g. plumbing) with the right.
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Reelix wrote:
Now... The bad bit... My question is: how do I drain that excess power from the motherboard?
So what is the answer? :-D
Upcoming FREE developer events: * Developer Day Scotland Recent blog posts: * Introduction to LINQ to XML (Part 1) - (Part 2) My website | Blog
NewEgg sells a power drain adapter - it is placed in the 24-pin power connector on the motherboard. The 24-pin connector from the power supply is re-attached, but in reverse from how it is normally plugged in. When the system is powered on, any excess power in the motherboard is returned to the power supply, where it's store for future use.
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simple: get wet, touch the moinboard wiht the left hand, ground contact (e.g. plumbing) with the right.
We are a big screwed up dysfunctional psychotic happy family - some more screwed up, others more happy, but everybody's psychotic joint venture definition of CP
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Saw this question in the PC Format (Local Computer Magazine) It starts off normal enough:
My uncle asked me to look at his motherboard, it's an Asus Socket 478 and looks alive, but isn't working. This happened when lightning struck but funnily enough, the power supply, CPU, RAM and all the PCI cards are working when we test them with another board.Now... The bad bit...My question is: how do I drain that excess power from the motherboard?
