Did any1 see the "again interesting" front cover of the Economist magazine ? Talk about predictive programming,...

For me (2017 ?) ? Just same S.O.S.

He sure has guts, I will tell you this.

Hi,

Me from Central Europe, Slovenia, Ljubljana capital city. Born here & probably going to shrivel up here 2.

Decline of Literacy Reflects Plan for World Tyranny - henrymakow.com

Lamebook -- Rebellion of the Stupid - henrymakow.com

Good articles, there are pretty more good ones under Archives.

I also do not like shortening words.

4 Tasman1

Just put in Google -> CE4 Research

OR

visit alienresistance.org

Jacques Vallée - Messengers of Deception is also a good read.

Take care.

Well I tried my luck yesterday with the heat gun on the GPU & North/South-Bridge... no luck.

This time the symptoms changed as soon as I plug in the power cord, the computer starts up on itself, at least goes into post, but it does not get beyond. So there is some improvement. Nevertheless, the MB is beyond repair.

Heh, still hope to get at least 15 € out of it.

BouldRake wrote: Just about anything from dodgy RAM to a dodgy power supply or a dodgy peripheral could halt POST.

RAMs have been tested (as stated before) - also with the internal laptop's "Memory Check" program & an external solution (MemTest86 6.3.0 Free Edition).
Power supply is also functional (tested on HP Compaq 610) - the cable that goes from the AC wall socket to the adapter unit (tested with the Multimeter - ohm setting), then the output cable (tested with Multimeter - Voltage). If I use a 12 V bulb on the exit connector, it also lights up (so amperage is also not a problem).

BouldRake wrote: It would also be difficult to tell the difference between failing at POST and failing to find a boot sector or even boot device if you haven't got a screen.

True.

BouldRake wrote: Reset the CMOS battery (in case boot order has been changed) and try booting from a LiveCD - that will at least let you know if it really is stopping at POST or not.

Did that & used an old Backtrack 3 Live CD - same result. So the optical drive is also working.
Maybe I'll give it a go with a bootable USB drive as well.

BouldRake wrote: Also, have you tried connecting to an external monitor/TV? If you haven't looked at the GPU yet, it might just be the cable - cables snap way more often than GPUs break free from their soldering.

No, because, sadly - I don't have an spare VGA cables lying around.
However I did test the LCD on another, same laptop & it works like a charm, so it is not the cable, inverter or the CCFL bulb.

Prior to all, I also did a general visual inspection of the elements on the PCB 2 find either bulgy electrolytic capacitors or burnt SMD diodes, but everything looks perfect.
The previous owner from whom I have bought the laptop, he said that he had it at the repair shop, but they were unable to fix it.

Hi,

So I've been preoccupied with a faulty HP Compaq nx6325 laptop for more then a week. All other components are working (confirmed & tested in 2 other, same laptops). The motherboard (MB) has symptoms of a faulty GPU chip as much as I have been able 2 gather from various forums & YT. The chip itself therefore or the solder balls underneath have loosened up (disconnected from the MB & the chip). The North/South-Bridge can also be the culprit.

Because if I plug in the power, the light(s) (do)es lit up like it/they are supposed 2 (first orange, then green, then off). Then, if I press the power button, everything powers on, however the screen is black/blank. In addition, I think that it does not get beyond POST, because the HDD light does not flicker as it usually does when you go from POST to loading the OS.

However I think that even if you do have a faulty/not properly connected GPU chip (in my example it is an integrated solution btw), that you should be able to get beyond POST... or am I wrong ? Because what else (faulty component) could be halting POST ?

I'm asking, because I want to try to salvage the laptop & re-sell it. I do not want to spend a total of 20-30 min using a heat gun on the GPU/&North/South-Bridge chip just 2 find out that I did not achieve nothing. (That or worse) That I have in the process (by accident), desoldered a couple of SMD capacitors in the process.

So any(1) comment with similar experience would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

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Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure was an interesting use of time travel I would say.

Be very Xcellent 2 each other.

(4 me, the following implies

"Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people." (Eleanor Roosevelt)

Should probably be posted here, but hey,...

Pat Benatar - Sometimes the Good Guys Finish First (Secret Of My Success OST)
The Secret of My Succe$s Soundtrack (1987) - YouTube

Hi,

I think all of Tesla's inventions were great, just the usage of those in the improper hands (like scalar technology), gives it a bad reputation. This applies basically to any invention man has created.

I think Peter Davey's ultrasonic boiler would have also had been a great invention, if massively produced. However we all know where the boundaries of all "too good inventions are". Just look up T. H. Mooray's story.

This would give alchemy a totally different boost. I think it is possible, therefore, a tuning fork is also a good invention. Hey, if it worked for carving those giant rock formations around the world (Easter Island, The Pyramids, Coral Castle from Edward Leedskalnin,...)...

Hi,

Chapati & Samosa are always fun.

However any Chinese dish is also enjoyable (apart from the pizza - which is not Chinese).

pindokhan123 wrote: you are very much like me,i like recycling old things,even tho it means spending a bit of money to get em working again rather than going out and buying something new which is hard to afford nowadays.

Thanks Pindokhan123 - an also interesting experience was when I bought a faulty UPS Apollo 1140DJ for 5 € about 3 years ago. The owner told me that the batteries inside were dead. I took it apart & I saw that the primary reason was 3-4 failed MOSFET "IRF-something" transistors (themselves all black; burnt as well as damaged copper leads on the PCB). I managed to recreate the missing copper leads on the PCB & replaced the damaged MOSFETS with new ones for les than 5 $ (I think) on eBay.

However I also looked in my shed if i could install some better copper or aluminum cooling sinks to fit on all 6 MOSFETS. I suspected that they were not cooled enough during operation. I found the proper part, put everything together & greased the MOSFETS with some nice silver cooling paste.
The UPS was powered on by two 12 V 9Ah Pb-gel batteries that, if the owner had disconnected them when/after the MOSFETS died on the PCB, they could surely have been preserved. Especially if he would have put them to some other use. So instead they stayed locked in that UPS for 2 years (as I remember from the owner's info) & became badly dehydrated & sulphated.

I managed to rehydrate the batteries, however the sulphation problem was beyond repair. After a year of using a home-made desulphator, I didn't make any progress. I suspected fractured cathodes inside the batteries. So I filled those 2 batteries with the most of tap water I could fit inside those 6 fill-ventilation holes & took them to the local junkyard. I got a few Euros back so at least I covered the costs for buying those new MOSFETS off eBay.

A couple of months later, I came across some free 12 V 7Ah Pb-Gel batteries, tested all of them for capacity, rehydrated them & put 2 (of the best among the stack) into this UPS. It's been working like a charm ever since.

If I was to (re)sell the UPS, the price would be around 50-70 €.

My next project is building & selling custom PowerBanks for the new craze that has also hit Slovenia - PokeMon chasing (using SmartPhones). A nice niche to capitalize on (mass stupidity that is).

Hi,

If you can find the time to post your ClixGrid winnings in the following order, It would be greatly appreciated.

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The second information is easily attainable via either looking at your ClixGrid Picture (Have Show Grid Enabled) or at your URL when you win something. Example: ...ClixGrid-Play_the_Game/16/9?...

16/9 in the URL means that the position (of a winning) was 16 x 9

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The Position information & Prize Type are more important than anything, so if you don't know at least the Position, don't bother posting.

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Hi,

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Well I wouldn't quit my "925" daytime job, but it depends on how many digital-internet-based stream incomes I would have & the level of intelligence-automated these would be.

Working from home is great from the reasons gathered by my above-posted users, however if you're a chatterbox, an extrovert, your social life can take a hit. Well it depends on how big is your social circle outside your workplace to be precise.

For me, working from home, having an army of multi-clickers, bots, etc. would be super, because then I wouldn't have to concentrate that much on the existential part of my life & I could focus much more on other projects. Maslow is everywhere folks !

Hi,

From my viewpoint "being rich" is having enough & the right knowledge in the right moment. That & tools. As a self taught & ever struggling inventor, explorer I'm always restrained by either the lack of proper tools (mechanical, electrical, computer-wise,...) or knowledge. However hence knowledge is now at our reach by some few clicks away, at least you have that problem sorted out.

About 2 years ago I stumbled upon a broken Hoover vacuum cleaner in the garbage near the residential apartments where I live. Cosmetically it looked fine, so I decided to take it home & have a look at its interior (to find out why the previous owner decided to scrap it). I found out that the electronics were in perfect order, however the propeller-suction nozzle was jammed with solid dust particles. I managed to clean that, put everything back together & fired it up. It worked as brand new. I sold it to my sister at the time for 50 €.

Another example was when I found a discarded bicycle handlebar (nicely nickel-plated & all shiny) with Shimano ST-EF20 brake-gear shifting mechanism in the deep grass near some bushes at a farmer's field where I live. The handlebar also had at each end these bar-ends or "horns" as we like to call them (Richey was the brand I think). I took everything home, cleaned it & in the course of a year I made closely to 45 € selling those parts.

So there is money in the trash. I know it's not 4-6 figures income, but I used the earned cash to buy myself some new tools. With which (in the future) I will be able to embark on new projects.

"The world is a comedy to those that think; a tragedy to those that feel." (Horace Walpole)

I'm gonna go philosophical here... once you understand, you can't hate. Period.

It doesn't matter whether it is women, politics, sports, science, culture, archeology,...

But hate stems from either lacking (therefore being jealous at someone (4 having something/some1)), fear (as a biological self defense mechanism) or abundance (as a current psychological state).

Hate could be connected to Vroom's expectation motivational theory.