Direct MP3 Download: Podnutz Daily #134 – Bad Capacitors in GX270
Dell Optiplex GX270 are famous for fried motherboards
Customer had issues with crashing and virtual memory errors.
We upgraded both the processor and the memory
.. and it started blue screening
Rechecked the MB and some capacitors were blown
.. motherboard replacement.
Gateway laptop just out of warranty (one month)
(Teenage girls & girls in college have the worst condition PCs)
This particular laptop I think encountered ventilation problems.
Another fried motherboard due to heat.
(Hey Dad) LetMeGoogleThatForYou.com
— put in the search criteria
— grab the tinyurl to send
— the tinyurl link takes you to a full-featured animated google search
that asks, “How hard was that?”
Customer that ask: How did you fix it??
(and how to rid yourself of annoying customers)
Email from Ray:
More on locked routers and securing your wifi connection
Email from Mitch:
Repairing Vista via F11 and other avenues
Troubleshoot and repair startup issues in Windows Vista using
bootrec.exe tool
Email from Bobby:
(For Jorjey)
The Windows Key cannot be extracted from the install disk
FAQ on Windows Product Activation
More on Windows Activation
Email from Steve:
Recap on Expert-Exchange advice and how to get it FREE (trick)
Email from Andrew:
Where can I find your most recent shows?
Email from Jeff:
Problem:
Computer turns on but doesn’t POST
Solution:
The 4-pin power lead to the motherboard was not fully seated.
Problem:
DVI port found with 3 rows of 10 pins
when the standard connector has 3 rows of 8 pins
Have you ever seen this?
Solution:
It may be a dual monitor DVI port
More on my Media Center PC
The case is a PowerSpec MCE 410
And I go into the specifications of the hardware I am using.
Still looking for a good digital cable tv tuner card.
