[PLUG] Resolved: Hardware failure
Rich Shepard
rshepard at appl-ecosys.com
Tue Apr 12 15:12:37 UTC 2011
On Tue, 12 Apr 2011, Richard C. Steffens wrote:
> Yesterday afternoon, I opened the box, pushed on all the connectors,
> including the memory sticks, plugged the power back in, hit the power
> button, and it started right up. I have no idea if it was fixed by
> anything that I did, but it's back to working, so I'm happy.
Dick,
It's a repair technique with the technical name of 'benign neglect.' I've
used it to repair computers, washing machines, and other mechanical things.
When benign neglect fails, percussive maintenance is an approach to
consider.
Rich
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