10 Dec
2006
10 Dec
'06
2:50 p.m.
Hi,
Someone I know just got his hands on a
Compaq Portable III. Read the 3 emails below,
which are in order.
Anyone got any ideas what might have gone?
Regards,
Andrew B
aliensrcooluk at yahoo.co.uk
Hi
Now here is the thing... It gave out a massive
electronic bang when I switched it on.
Something definitely blew..
But it wasn`t the main computer, cus up
popped the orange screen with IBM on it, the
hard drive is working, the floppy drive is
working as is the keyboard... I can even run
the programs on it.. The crack came from by
the switch.. Slight burning smell, but gone now.
And is working fine. This baby has travelled a
long way these two days... I guess not very
happy. I can`t get over the build quality....
scuzz
----------------------------------
Interesting this....
[ quote ]
Nancy Hackett's bad experience:
Oh, did this machine have problems! I went
through four of those nifty plasma monitors,
several hard drives, two factory rebuilds, and
an uncounted number of motherboards trying
to track down internal error codes that
Compaq said didn't exist!
It came (not so) lovingly to be known as "The
Compaq from Hell" with the motherboard
rumored to be numbered "666". Both the
maintenance manager's and the Compaq
regional rep's hands would sweat every time I
lugged it in.
The spectacular finale was when the power
supply blew, shooting blue flames 18" out the
side! LOL! That was an experience!
[ end quote ]
Not quite the flames as described...
scuzz
-------------------------
Andrew
That doesn't sound too good. It may still
work for now, but if something did go then
it's likely to be putting a strain on other
components depending on what went.
It looks cool though ;)
Well spotted. The thing just flipped out. All I
get now is all the indicator lights to power
light, caps lock etc flashing at regular
intervals. Hopefully not too dificult to trace
and fix, subject to there being no replacement
parts involved.
As I say the screen was working, so too the
drives, keyboard and obviously the processor
and memory so I am thinking something to do
with the power supply.. I had feared the
worst... And did switch it off. But I did just
check and she fired up but then just
stopped... Never mind.
scuzz