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2 minutes ago, Clanscorpia said:

Parents and teachers will be like "Its broken" and Ill walk over and it works fine

Oh lol, that's happened to me before.

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Doesn't necessarily HAVE  to be a PC issue, it can be anyone dumb troubleshooting that has helped you fix a technological issue :P

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Leave the battery out all night (Galaxy S4) and throw it at a wall (anything). 

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Just now, WereCat said:

Giving up on solving the issue when it suddenly repairs itself.

Yeah had that happen to me on Friday 

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2 minutes ago, WereCat said:

Giving up on solving the issue when it suddenly repairs itself.

Damn, that is so annoying when that happens! Keeps you thinking.

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hitting something a few times seems to work.

who said violence doesn't solve problems?

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a friend and I were messing with his pc, it wasn't turning on right. fans only spun for a second then  stopped. Unplugged 4 pin connector near cpu, turned it on again and everything started working.

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Hitting a tablet screen for it to start back responding from what i could recall

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A couple, power button wasn't working on my old iPhone.  Slammed it against the desk, no scratches, cracked screen, nothing, and the power button started working again.

 

Computer was acting funky one time.  Programs weren't loading games properly, I got frustrated and kicked it, everything just started working.

 

 

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I have 2 actually, sort of.

Weirdest solution, move the PC downstairs fixed it. Same house, same parts, just moving the pc from the attic to downstairs fixed it.

I did figure out what was the issue. The plug in the attic wasn't grounded while the plugs in the rest of the house were so that was the issue.

 

When i did my internship in a local IT shop a dude there was doing a build in this case: http://www.silverstonetek.com/raven/products/index.php?model=RV05&area=en

He worked there for over a year already so he was experienced with pc builds.

Day 1: Did the build, checked everything, powered it on, psu instantly died. It smelled bad.

Assuming the PSU is DOA, he replaced it, powered it back on, instantly died AGAIN.

Day 2: took everything out of the case, build it piece by piece and tested everything outside the case, all worked fine.

Put the system in the case, powered it on, psu instantly died, AGAIN. (yes 3 psu's died by now)

After another few hours, cause was found!

The case has a fan controller and you can plug some of the connections for it onto the motherboard, turns out that shorts something out and kills the psu.

I still don't understand how a 4-pin fan header can cause 3 dead psu's and survive without any damage to itself but apparently it can.

By then day 2 was over and the system could finally be installed on day 3...

 

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Speakers built in my monitor stopped working. Cables etc were all good, so I started hitting the monitor a few times. After the third hit, it started working again.

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1 minute ago, MkaiL said:

Speakers built in my monitor stopped working. Cables etc were all good, so I started hitting the monitor a few times. After the third hit, it started working again.

Haha, sounds ridiculous! I've had a few dumb issues with monitors in the past that were fixed by doing dumb stuff.

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We had a ghost computer in a repair shop once. Put it on a certain shelf and plug into the socker nearby - doesn't turn on. Elsewhere it turns on. Other appliances and computers work on that socket. Using any other socket solves the issue.

I guess this is a weird problem than a weird solution >P.

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56 minutes ago, huilun02 said:

iPhone had shit battery and storage, lack of poweruser apps. Sold it

And I tried installing Android on it first... (The very first iPhone).

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Drive died 

Tried putting it in other systems and giving it the good old whack on the side, nothing 

Left it overnight 

Came back the next day, gave it one more shot 

Drive alive 

 

Ran diagnostics 

Presumably killed drive further 

Never got a chance to get data off 

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Just now, AUniqueName said:

Drive died 

Tried putting it in other systems and giving it the good old whack on the side, nothing 

Left it overnight 

Came back the next day, gave it one more shot 

Drive alive 

 

Ran diagnostics 

Presumably killed drive further 

Never got a chance to get data off 

So close, sooo close........ ah, it's gone. 

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3 minutes ago, Jamiec1130 said:

So close, sooo close........ ah, it's gone. 

P much my reaction 

 

Wasn't my files either which made it more frustrating 

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Every now and then my computer will make an annoying buzzing noise. I have NO IDEA where it comes from. Obviously my first assumption was that some wire is touching a fan and causing the buzzing noise, but I can't find the source anywhere and I've checked all my fans.

 

My (temporary) solution to this is to simply tab the side of my computer with a bit of force. This makes the noise go away for a while. Tapping the computer when there is no noise will usually cause it to start making the noise again.

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Just now, Railgun said:

Every now and then my computer will make an annoying buzzing noise. I have NO IDEA where it comes from. Obviously my first assumption was that some wire is touching a fan and causing the buzzing noise, but I can't find the source anywhere and I've checked all my fans.

 

My (temporary) solution to this is to simply tab the side of my computer with a bit of force. This makes the noise go away for a while. Tapping the computer when there is no noise will usually cause it to start making the noise again.

Weird... maybe vibration from a fan or cable pressing against the case?

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Just now, Celios said:

Weird... maybe vibration from a fan or cable pressing against the case?

Cable vibrating on the case was my second assumption since nothing was touching any fans. Maybe someday I'll take apart the entire computer and find it lol

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4 minutes ago, L.Lawliet said:

Using windows repair and magically it worked one time only after 8 years of using windows.

Cant rely on that sucker.

That's luck. Windows repair never works. You got lucky.

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2 hours ago, Railgun said:

Every now and then my computer will make an annoying buzzing noise. I have NO IDEA where it comes from. Obviously my first assumption was that some wire is touching a fan and causing the buzzing noise, but I can't find the source anywhere and I've checked all my fans.

 

My (temporary) solution to this is to simply tab the side of my computer with a bit of force. This makes the noise go away for a while. Tapping the computer when there is no noise will usually cause it to start making the noise again.

probably something resonating. most likely a cable hitting a side panel that slightly vibrates under certain loads.

 

 

My GFs laptop sometimes randomly stops makin any sound. Like start a youtube 2minutes in sounds dies chrome and windows show it is playing sound but nothing comes out. come back 10 minutes later and all is fine again.

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