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reply to Thane_Bitter

Re: Computer Memory failure

Well, some people feign helplessness in order to get support from others. They overdo the ploy of being tech inept, all the while being very smart in other areas. I see through that but never give anyone a hard time, I allow it/put up with it, it's a copout for some people who are just too lazy or busy to put any effort into things themselves and want things done for them.

What you have to watch out for is that such people will sometimes try and take major advantage of you, having zero guilt. I had a woman in the area here try to get me to set up a wireless system for her trailer park. I sought help on what I didn't know myself and made effort to help her, and she then went behind my back and tried, on her own, to do something and it blew up in her face. I didn't care too much because after a couple days with her I sensed that she was that kind of person. She ran her mouth about religious stuff and I smelled a rat because it all came off insincere.

Don't get in too deep with people like that, because they will stick you with a responsibility that can end up ruining your own happiness. Don't get me wrong, I still build systems for friends, help bail them out of troubles, and the like, but I am more careful with doing it. Through some excellent opinions in this forum I threw together a system for one guy that he is extremely happy about. As he helps us in other ways, like bringing us firewood, it pays to be kind, and what I do is worth more to him than what he does for us.

When I put together his system I had him participate because I wanted him to know what it was all about to help me help him and to cover my ass. He now knows enough to do some things his self. They call that computer evangelism in some circles. Leo Laporte is like that, a tech evangelist. I've talked to him online once, long ago, he's a nice guy. We shared a common interest (guinea pigs) as he had one named "freckles John" (if I recall correctly) that was very cute.

When helping people insist on their participation, it will cover your butt and reduce their dependence on you while keeping you in the loop.
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I know what you mean about those types, this lady, aside from checking email, surfing the net has little interest in toying around with a system, to her the technology is transparent until it breaks down.

reply to signmeuptoo
ripple is still an issue it gets smoothed out more but its still there if the PSU had BAD ripple to start with the mobo can only do so much
that + crappy / cheap ram = dead ram