Direct MP3 Download: Podnutz Daily #93 – What? No Sound?
eMachines laptop with fixed power jack
was still powering off after five minutes.
The replacement power adapter was not strong enough.
It was not supplying enough power and this is what
was causing the laptop to shut off.
Tip:
You HAVE to match the voltage in the power adapter
with the original to prevent these problems.
Solution:
Repaired the old power adapter.
Works fine.
Dell desktop with strange video problems
Random resolution changes, would go black
and restart / reboot.
Customer used this machine a lot for
recording and playing movies
so we were sure it was the video card.
There was physical damage on the video card.
The capacitors blow / pop on the video card
just like they do on the mother board
due to over heating / power surges
Solution:
Replaced the video card.
All day computer fix with a severely corrupt PC
Fix after fix after fix patching the system up
At the end of the day we realized what an endless cycle
this was turning into trying to get it clean.
We did a reinstall when even a Windows Repair didn’t work.
Tip:
Know when to call it quits on a repair
regardless of how much time you have spent
trying to avoid a Windows reinstall.
Just reinstall. Stop wasting time.
Sometimes the virus and spyware win.
Tuck your tail and reinstall.
Thinnest computer ever to come into the shop
Came into the shop at the last minute today:
Sony Vaio Notebook VGN-X505
Power and hard drive activity, but no video.
I cannot wait to take this apart to see what’s inside.
This will also be in the laptop videos.
Send me your experiences as a tech
to win the leafblower to clean out dust in PCs.
Giving it away on show 100 !!
Voice Mail from CitizenX:
Humanizing podcasts
Questions about the features found in SuperAntiSpyware Pro
Advice for Cheryl on her questionable hard drive.
Loud fans, Corey? Replace with quiet fans.
Thank you Steve for canning Google Lively for The Great Tech Debate.
Second Life it is!
(Technical difficulties end the show abruptly)
