When I unplug most of the USB devices computer starts up normally. If not,
I keep getting the low system voltage message, though now usually when I hit
F1 (as it says; to continue) it starts up. Have repeated this experiment 4
or 5 times now. Still haven't replaced the battery. Should I still
If it's not hard to get to the battery for replacement, I'd go ahead
and do it. Reason being, it'll go bad anyway just sitting in a drawer.
But, as I predicted on day 1, it likely has nothing to do with your
problem. You may not even need to replace the power supply if you
don't want. Just get an
What would an external powered USB hub cost? These problems started after I
added an external hard drive for back ups. Could that have been adding one
too many things, a straw tipping some balance, so to speak?
That sounds very much like a right answer.
Before going for a powered hub, doesn't
Today I passed a van for Nerd Boy Computer Repairs.
Do you think this moniker would make it more difficult for them to hire
competent help?
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a nerd is a most honorable god position. just below zeus and helios, but above
all the rest.
have yet to see an mit man person who did not proudly consider himself a
nerd. (bernake didn't go to mit, did he?)
At 12:54 PM 10/21/2008, you wrote:
Today I passed a van for Nerd Boy Computer
a nerd is a most honorable god position. just below zeus and helios,
but above all the rest.
Yeah. And -way- better than geek.
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Well, Geek Squad is already taken.
Nerd Herd is being used on the tv-show Chuck.
That pretty much leaves People with Pocket Protectors Who Fix Computers or
Socially Inept But Capable of Fixing Your Computer or Just because we wear
contact lenses doesn't mean we don't have taped glasses at home
a nerd is a most honorable god position. just below zeus and helios,
but above all the rest.
I think it is the juxtaposition with boy that is the problem.
Water boy. OK.
Bat boy. OK
Stock boy. Less good, wants to be a sales associate.
Fan boy Not so good.
Soldier boy. Depends who's
BTW, I'm on the way to becoming an Unemployed Nobody myself, because my
job is going away--it's been cut from the budget.
Oof, that's tough.
The Washington, D.C. area is supposed to be better than
the rest of the country for job-hunters, but I'm still looking.
The last few months have been
a nerd is a most honorable god position. just below zeus and helios,
but above all the rest.
I think it is the juxtaposition with boy that is the problem.
Water boy. OK.
Bat boy. OK
Stock boy. Less good, wants to be a sales associate.
Fan boy Not so good.
Soldier boy. Depends who's
Replacing the battery wouldn't hurt since you have it. The important
aspect is the system does not have enough power to service all the
devices now but it did before.
Getting a USB hub will only fix the symptom not the cause.
This symptom will probably be progressive. At some point the
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