Probably some moisture got into where it didn't belong. -Lew Schwartz
On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 11:15 PM, Virgil Bierschwale <vbier...@gmail.com>wrote: > A friend bought me a hp laptop last week that had quit working. > Said he saw on youtube that he could put it in a oven and that would fix > it. > > I couldn't get it working, and I wasn't going to put something in a oven > that I had no money to replace, so I gave it back to him. > > He placed it in a over for 9 minutes and that fixed it. > > Only thing I can figure is a cold solder joint, and the oven warmed all of > the solder joints which reflowed the solder > > -----Original Message----- > From: ProFox [mailto:profox-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Jeff Johnson > Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2013 10:12 PM > To: profox@leafe.com > Subject: Re: [NF] Google is Your Lover! > > Man-wai: It was just like I said. I put my right palm on the enter key > and > held down hard and the computer booted up. The computer is dead and it > probably has something to do with the mother board in that area. My > only task was to get the data and I did. Now that I got the data I am > sure the computer is mine and I can figure it out. > > I know... I still owe you guys the Google Calendar stuff. It's coming. > Honest! Been busy palming my customers' computers. > > > Jeff > > --------------- > > Jeff Johnson > j...@san-dc.com > (623) 582-0323 > > www.san-dc.com > www.arelationshipmanager.com > > On 06/26/2013 11:55 AM, Man-wai Chang wrote: > > So what exactly was wrong? Did you figure it out? > > > > If you could not, then nothing could be learnt... :) > > > > On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 2:06 AM, Jeff Johnson <j...@san-dc.com> wrote: > > > >> This is truly one for the record! A good friend gave me a dead HP > TX1000. > >> Turn it on - a few spins of the drive and that's it. I checked out > all > of > >> the fixes like turning it off and turn it on holding down two keys, etc. > >> etc. etc. Then I read one that said, "This may sound really dumb but it > >> worked for me. Press your right palm down as hard as you can in the > Enter > >> key area - not so hard as to break it - but firm and turn on the > computer." > >> I did that and the computer came up and I am copying the data to an > >> external drive. > >> > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/cafuu78exwhmwbaj7ny-_jzjg+jcr5wgdfkd8ljnkldxo4bj...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
