Let's play Whack A Mole!

Sep 22, 2012 10:06

So once again the summer has passed into fall with all the gusto it usually does. Right now it's blowing considerably outside. (I think Luffy said it was 8 - 9 mph ( Read more... )

annoyances, home repair, computers, why can't things just work

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hms42 September 22 2012, 15:54:17 UTC
How old is that bad motherboard?

Some motherboards have a 3 year warranty and you might get lucky. (It will only cost a phone call or these days, maybe even a chat session to check if you can get a replacement. Of course, you know to not tell them the exact cause of failure so they do replace it.)

Also, if you are within a week after it expires, try anyhow. I have run into most vendors WILL give you a few day leway of that timeframe. (I have called in a few different things litterally on the last day of the warranty (or the monday it expired over the weekend) and the vendors have covered it. (Dell you might have some problems with and need to get a supervisor, but HP, Intel and Apple all have a little breathing room on the date.)

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nimitzbrood September 22 2012, 16:06:27 UTC
That is an absolutely wonderful idea. This is an Asus so I don't know what their policy is but I'll certainly contact them. Thanks!

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Funny Story mashblock September 23 2012, 01:51:32 UTC
That fan is called a draft inducer, and the bit you cleaned out goes to one side of a differential pressure switch intended to disable combustion(cut fuel flow) in the event of a blocked flue. I'm guessing the furnace has its own flue, and your resident arachnids don't know it's off-limits like the public spaces - when the furnace sits idle they start webbing away in there, especially if it isn't a "sealed" system with an intake pipe to the outside. The worst of the stuff gets blown out first time the inducer runs, but debris can gum up the switch and fool it...

Now, the story:

High-efficiency furnaces are often vented straight through the nearest wall. If a furnace is located in a basement or other below-grade space and the guy who installs it isn't much of a thinker, the pipes often end up too close to the ground for Chicago winters.

When we had that blizzard winter before last, I made a decent few bucks first-responding to "no heat" calls for a buddy in the HVAC biz... Only tools required were a vehicle, a cellphone, and a

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nice comment on my ancenstry anonymous September 24 2012, 15:14:50 UTC
Just for that I won't share any of the marinated deer meat I bought in Hokkaido.

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Re: nice comment on my ancenstry nimitzbrood September 24 2012, 22:14:21 UTC
Bah! Like you'd ship deer meat across the pond anyways! ;-)

Seriously though I hope you had fun. ^_^

We attended a friend's 40th birthday this weekend on Saturday and had my mother stop by on Sunday. Both good in their own way.

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