Searching for a zebra is almost always more interesting than searching for a horse? ;-)
Best, and happy Thanksgiving, Russ, KF1K Sent from my iPad On Nov 24, 2011, at 2:31 PM, Neal Campbell <abrohamn...@gmail.com> wrote: > Why is it we always go for the worst outcome first? > > I have been building and testing a computer today and everything was going > smoothly until it just turned off. Would not power up no matter what! > > So, I unplug everything from the motherboard and bring out the PSU tester, > which shows a bad power supply. So, I plug in the bench PSU and try the > computer, no luck. So I put the power supply tester on the bench power > supply and it shows dead. > > This is too much stuff dead but my first suspicion is that the PSU tester > isn't good so I throw it away and look for my spare one (not found). > > Then I look down and see the power cord is not fully plugged in. AHA! > > So I unplug the bench PSU and get the PSU tester out of the trash. Plug > the original PSU back in, hit the power button and nothing happens! So I > plug the PSU tester into the original PSU and still no reading. Well, maybe > the original PSU really did die! > > So I am looking in inventory for a replacement PSU and see I have none > available (the bench PSU is very underpowered for anything but testing). > But, I figured, at least confirm the motherboard isn't dead so I plug in > the bench PSU and hit the power button, nothing. > > Usually at this stage its a sign I need to walk away because frustration > will start to blind me. So I push back my chair to leave and then see the > power cord for the power outlet on my test bench has worked its way out of > the power socket. > > Why didn't I check that at the beginning and save myself an hour of > frustration and picking my PSU tester out of trash twice??? > > At least its up and working normally again! > > > 73 > > -- > Neal Campbell > Owner > Abroham Neal LLC > Work: +1 540 645 5394 > Mobile: +1 540 645 8171 > _______________________________________________ > FlexRadio Systems Mailing List > FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz > Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ > Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ > _______________________________________________ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
