You remember me saying "More news as it breaks"?

Dec 07, 2005 18:20

Well.

First let me point out that the problem lies with a bogstandard Dell Win2k box. It won't boot. It's dead, pre-BIOS, although there are lights on so it's not obviously a PSU fault.

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shaunotd December 7 2005, 19:06:07 UTC
Haven't we heard this song before? The tune seems familiar somehow...8-/

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zotz December 7 2005, 19:09:27 UTC
Mmmm. Yes. Same shit, different microscope.

Actually, I'm more pissed off than I was with Till because Till were dealing with an enigmatic and intermittent problem, and were living up to the lesser standards of a back-to-base warranty. I don't know how much Dell got, but I know that Zeiss got given three-quarters of my take-home pay to provide us with this level of service.

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deliberateblank December 7 2005, 21:00:00 UTC
Which lights?

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zotz December 7 2005, 22:37:09 UTC
A two-colour (yellow/green) LED under the front power button. It doesn't rule out all PSU faults, but it does exclude the simplest failure.

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