K.I.S.S. = keep it simple STUPID !!!

HigHTecHReDNecK · 05-May-06, 06:13 PM

Like the title say, " Keep it Simple STUPID " are good words to live by and troubleshoot by too.

My reason for posting this, well here it is........

I was troubleshooting a rig today , and after clearing the BIOS to reboot , it wouldnt, so i start think all kinds of senerios about what could be fryed , shot, faulty, etc etc . What i should have done was put the cmos jumper back to normal

( i got side tracked and forgot to reset the jumper). So my advice to anyone who wants it , when troubleshooting, start out with the simplethings first and work your way up to the more complex, you just might surprize yourself and find you overlooked the odvious ( LIKE ME

)

lobey · 05-May-06, 06:45 PM

I've been there and done that. When I got my burner back from RMA, I forget to set the jumper on it. The factory sent me a new one as a replacement, and I didn't move the jumper to set it as a slave. Needless to say, I spent 2 hours trying to install the stupid thing.

Once I realized my mistake, it took me 5 minutes to install it.

IcEMage · 05-May-06, 07:01 PM

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Originally Posted by HigHTecHReDNecK


	Like the title say, " Keep it Simple STUPID " are good words to live by and troubleshoot by too. My reason for posting this, well here it is........ I was troubleshooting a rig today , and after clearing the BIOS to reboot , it wouldnt, so i start think all kinds of senerios about what could be fryed , shot, faulty, etc etc . What i should have done was put the cmos jumper back to normal ( i got side tracked and forgot to reset the jumper). So my advice to anyone who wants it , when troubleshooting, start out with the simplethings first and work your way up to the more complex, you just might surprize yourself and find you overlooked the odvious ( LIKE ME )

lol I have done the same thing!!!! To the point I was getting so pi$$ed off that I had to take a brake. Came back and found that I did not have the jumper set right.

musclecars&computers · 05-May-06, 07:15 PM

I still got a hole in the wall from the keyboard i plugged into the mouse port.

HemiCuda1970 · 05-May-06, 07:40 PM

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Originally Posted by musclecars&computers


	I still got a hole in the wall from the keyboard i plugged into the mouse port.

I have done that B4 talk about feeling stupid

denacopoliez · 05-May-06, 10:28 PM

Mace, my man you almost got cussed out after i got my gear, i spent 3 days trying to get the beast up and loaded, untill i figured that i had a set of registered RAM and a Set of unRegistered ram trying to talk to each other I mean seriously, i went thru 4 HDD's, 3 different Keyboard/mouse combos, 4 different CD/DVD drives, 2 different PSU's NEVER been so stumped

05-May-06, 06:13 PM		#1 (permalink)
HigHTecHReDNecK Sophist'Hoe"cated ReDNecK Reviewer	K.I.S.S. = keep it simple STUPID !!! Like the title say, " Keep it Simple STUPID " are good words to live by and troubleshoot by too. My reason for posting this, well here it is........ I was troubleshooting a rig today , and after clearing the BIOS to reboot , it wouldnt, so i start think all kinds of senerios about what could be fryed , shot, faulty, etc etc . What i should have done was put the cmos jumper back to normal ( i got side tracked and forgot to reset the jumper). So my advice to anyone who wants it , when troubleshooting, start out with the simplethings first and work your way up to the more complex, you just might surprize yourself and find you overlooked the odvious ( LIKE ME )

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05-May-06, 06:45 PM		#2 (permalink)
lobey Apex Tech Fanatic	I've been there and done that. When I got my burner back from RMA, I forget to set the jumper on it. The factory sent me a new one as a replacement, and I didn't move the jumper to set it as a slave. Needless to say, I spent 2 hours trying to install the stupid thing. Once I realized my mistake, it took me 5 minutes to install it.

05-May-06, 07:15 PM		#4 (permalink)
musclecars&computers Apex Tech Demi-God	I still got a hole in the wall from the keyboard i plugged into the mouse port.

05-May-06, 10:28 PM		#6 (permalink)
denacopoliez Apex Tech Fanatic	Mace, my man you almost got cussed out after i got my gear, i spent 3 days trying to get the beast up and loaded, untill i figured that i had a set of registered RAM and a Set of unRegistered ram trying to talk to each other I mean seriously, i went thru 4 HDD's, 3 different Keyboard/mouse combos, 4 different CD/DVD drives, 2 different PSU's NEVER been so stumped