visions of effty <impeach_the_shrub@verizon.net> wrote:
> "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>> visions of effty <impeach_the_shrub@verizon.net> wrote:
>>> "Zed Rafi" <backuplm2@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:1153935118.016029.231690@s13g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
>>>> Hello all,
>>>>
>>>> My brother's computer crashed a while back, and i've been lazy
>>>> about repairing it. I've now gathered the courage to starts buying
>>>> the replacement parts and repair the damn thing.
>>>>
>>>> The computer completely crashed; it displays a blank screen upon
>>>> power up (no bios text or anything). After opening up the case, i
>>>> noticed brown goo had seeped out of some of the capacitors on the
>>>> MOBO, so i figured the MOBO is the problem.
>>>
>>>
>>> What the heck is it with HP motherboards and bad caps? It seems
>>> like every time I see leaky caps the board was from a Pavilion! Are they trying to
>>> manufacture the stuff to fail???
>>
>> Mindless conspiracy theory.
>
> Well, a joke, actually.
>
>
>>> I'd get a new mobo, and a new case, then just flop everything into
>>> the new case and do a repair install or whatever you need to do.
>>
>> Could get messy, its got a recovery disk system.
>
> I forget. Yeah, those are nearly worthless unless you get the exact
> same board. If you want to talk about conspiracies let's talk about
> M$ refusing to ship OEM disks with new PCs within the last 6 or 7
> years! That drives me nuts! You get an OS with a very limited
> capacity for upgrades, which really helps devalue your hardware in
> the long run. Essentially, you can't "transfer" your license to the
> "new" computer. The only work around is paying an arm and a leg for
> OEM discs. It keeps you in the market for a new budget system with
> the same shitty pre-installed OS. It's like paying for something you
> don't get.

> I'd use it as an excuse to get a nice, hacked version of XP and call it even.

Yeah, I do that just to avoid the activation stupidity too.