On 4/21/20 2:47 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Tuesday 21 April 2020 03:07:31 to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > >> On Mon, Apr 20, 2020 at 10:59:49PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: >>> On Monday 20 April 2020 21:44:10 Ralph Katz wrote: >>>> Hi -- Please help me diagnose and fix this problem. >>>> >>>> My five month old Dell laptop with updated firmware and new >>>> up-to-date >> >> ^^^^^^ >> >>> How old, and what color are your sata cables? [...] >> >> I know you like the red ones :-) >> > Chuckle, I have known about that dye color since we started importing cb > radios from the J.A.Pan company in about 1973, the mike cable failure > rate at about a years service was 100%. A one point in the leadup to our > centennial in '76, we had 20 cables on backorder from every supplier > claiming to stock them. The shop area at Norfolk 2-way Radio was stacked > up with radios that needed cables. When they finally started to show up, > I had Vi return quite a pile of them because they were the exact copies > of the high failure rate product, and we wound up paying 2x for a Belden > cable that was way too strong a coil, but if it was tied down, it didn't > fail. I was a couple months getting caught up with that fiasco. > > You folks all think I'm nuts over this, but you forget I have 1st phone, > and C.E.T. cards in my card carrier and a 70+ year history of fixing > things electronic. All on a 8th grade education, beyond that I am self > educated. I've often laughed over the (google for it) the kid with the > Nack, that was me. The Iowa test rated me at 147 back about '48, but as > Korea was getting hot, a 98 on the AFQT got me 4F'd for life cause they > knew I'd not take orders at all well. Suffice to say, the next best > score among 130 some boys that day was 36. But I can't do that today as > I've stared down the guy with the scythe twice now, and the first time, > a pulmonary embolism cost me some points. Survival rate for those is > about 2% and I can testify that its one hell of a scary way to die. But > I've also quite a list of BTDT's I can talk about. > >> But this is a laptop, so... >> >> That said, given the log errors, I'd try first to reseat, then to >> change the laptop's disk. This looks like flaky connector/hardware > > Absolutely. > >> Hoping it ain't the motherboard, though. >> >> And... backup. Backup :-) >> >> Cheers >> -- t > > > Cheers, Gene Heskett >
Ah, wisdom of the elders! I usually consult the younger set for computer stuff... but will take your advice. Even though I opened and ran a computer store in 1980, I haven't opened a computer case to touch the hardware in 20 yrs or so at least. If I don't break anything, I'll report back to the list. Thanks much for the suggestions! Regards, Ralph